First reported detection of a winter continental gamma-ray glow in Europe

Šlegl, Jakub; Sokol, Zbyněk; Pešice, Petr; Langer, Ronald; Strhárský, Igor; Popová, Jana; Kákona, Martin; Ambrožová, Iva; Ploc, Ondřej

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-8443-2025

Articles | Volume 25, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-8443-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-8443-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 15

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04 Aug 2025

Research article |

| 04 Aug 2025

First reported detection of a winter continental gamma-ray glow in Europe

Jakub Šlegl, Zbyněk Sokol, Petr Pešice, Ronald Langer, Igor Strhárský, Jana Popová, Martin Kákona, Iva Ambrožová, and Ondřej Ploc

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Materials for "First Reported Detection of a Winter Continental Gamma-Ray Glow in Europe" Jakub Šlegl and Zbyněk Sokol https://doi.org/10.17632/c3tn4877gj.2

Short summary

We present the first-ever reported gamma-ray glows from a winter thunderstorm in continental Europe. Although two glows were detected at the same time, only one was ended by a discharge. Using advanced instruments such as the Ka-band vertically oriented Doppler radar and SEVAN detector, we gained new insights into the inner thunderstorm processes even in a cloud only 3 km in height.