HR: 12:04h
AN: AE12A-07    [Abstracts]
TI: X-ray observations of natural and rocket-triggered lightning by the Thunderstorm Energetic Radiation Array (TERA)
AU: Howard, J
EM: ironjoe@ufl.edu
AF: University of Florida, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Gainesville, FL 32611 United States
AU: * Dwyer, J R
EM: jdwyer@fit.edu
AF: Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901 United States
AU: Jerauld, J
EM: jjerauld@ufl.edu
AF: University of Florida, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Gainesville, FL 32611 United States
AU: Uman, M A
EM: uman@ece.ufl.edu
AF: University of Florida, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Gainesville, FL 32611 United States
AU: Saleh, Z
EM: zsaleh@fit.edu
AF: Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901 United States
AU: Rassoul, H K
EM: rassoul@fit.edu
AF: Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901 United States
AU: Rakov, V
EM: rakov@ece.ufl.edu
AF: University of Florida, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Gainesville, FL 32611 United States
AU: Al Dayeh, M
EM: maldayeh@fit.edu
AF: Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901 United States
AU: Caraway, L
EM: caraway78@yahoo.com
AF: Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901 United States
AU: Coleman, L
EM: colemanl@fit.edu
AF: Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901 United States
AU: Concha, D
EM: dconcha@fit.edu
AF: Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901 United States
AU: Jordan, D M
EM: jordan@ece.ufl.edu
AF: University of Florida, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Gainesville, FL 32611 United States
AB: For the summer of 2005, as part of the Thunderstorm Energetic Radiation Array (TERA), ten new x-ray instruments have been installed at the University of Florida/Florida Tech International Center for Lightning Research and Testing (ICLRT) at Camp Blanding, FL. Along with the four existing x-ray instruments, these new instruments have a total of 30 NaI(Tl)/photomultiplier tube detectors that cover the entire 1 km2 facility. Combined with the existing time-correlated (to sub-microsecond accuracy) multiple station electric field, magnetic field, optical and current measurements at the ICRLT, TERA allows greatly improved measurements of correlated x-ray, RF and optical emission from both natural and triggered lightning. When completed next year, TERA will have a total of 32 instruments and should provide an unprecedented view of how x-rays are emitted by thunderstorms and lightning. During the summer of 2005, many rocket-triggered and natural cloud-to-ground lightning flashes occurred at the ICLRT and were observed by TERA and the multiple station network. We will discuss the construction and operation of the overall array and present preliminary results of this summer's lightning observations.
DE: 3300 ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES
DE: 3304 Atmospheric electricity
DE: 3324 Lightning
DE: 3394 Instruments and techniques
SC: Atmospheric and Space Electricity [AE]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005