The physics of lightning

JR Dwyer, MA Uman - Physics Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite being one of the most familiar and widely recognized natural phenomena, lightning
remains relatively poorly understood. Even the most basic questions of how lightning is …

Neutron radiation tolerance of two benchmark thiophene-based conjugated polymers: the importance of crystallinity for organic avionics

GM Paternò, V Robbiano, KJ Fraser, C Frost… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Aviation and space applications can benefit significantly from lightweight organic
electronics, now spanning from displays to logics, because of the vital importance of …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical model for computation of effective and ambient dose equivalent at flight altitudes-Application for dose assessment during GLEs

A Mishev, I Usoskin - Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 2015 - swsc-journal.org
A numerical model for assessment of the effective dose and ambient dose equivalent
produced by secondary cosmic ray particles of galactic and solar origin at commercial …

Long-term thunderstorm analysis at airports in the Marmara Region: types and favourable atmospheric conditions

V Yavuz, A Deniz, ET Özdemir… - … Journal of Global …, 2022 - inderscienceonline.com
In this study, long-term analyses of thunderstorm events occurring in Marmara Region
airports were carried out. In the analyses made using airport reports, the events that …

TGF afterglows: A new radiation mechanism from thunderstorms

C Rutjes, G Diniz, IS Ferreira… - Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Thunderstorms are known to create terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) which are
microsecond‐long bursts created by runaway of thermal electrons from propagating …

Performance analyzes of Thermodynamic Indices and Atmospheric parameters in Thunderstorm and Non-thunderstorm days in Istanbul, Turkey

V Yavuz - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2024 - Springer
This study aims to analyze the thunderstorm (TS) events in the megacity Istanbul by using
thermodynamic indices and atmospheric stability parameters for the period of 2001–2022. It …

Lightning-induced neutrons as a possible source of charged particles in the Earth's inner radiation belt

QQ Shi, CY Han, QG Zong, A Degeling… - Earth and Planetary …, 2025 - eppcgs.org
Abstract The Van Allen radiation belts are doughnut-shaped zones surrounding Earth, filled
with highly energetic charged particles whose sources or loss mechanisms have been …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of effective dose for gamma-rays of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes in aviation: spectral-and atmosphere-effects

JM Maia, RMC da Silva, J Mingacho - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) are intense and fast gamma-ray emissions,
energy up to 100 MeV, generated within the Earth's atmosphere at altitudes below 20 km …

[PDF][PDF] Modeling high energy atmospheric physics and lightning inception

C Rutjes - 2018 - research.tue.nl
To understand the inception of streamer discharges near dielectric and conductive bodies is
a fundamental problem in gas discharge physics. It is relevant for atmospheric pressure …

Мониторинг природных и техногенных космических угроз: результаты миссии Ломоносов и проект Универсат-СОКРАТ

ВА Садовничий, МИ Панасюк, ВМ Липунов… - Космические …, 2019 - elibrary.ru
В статье рассматривается результаты экспериментов на спутнике Ломоносов по
наблюдению природных и техногенных космических угроз, в том числе …