Previous Animation Next Animation Connections: Terrestrial Gamma Flashes and Lightning? The RHESSI instrument not only views the Sun but can detect gamma-rays from sources on Earth as well.    Movie of TGFs detected by RHESSI over a 4 month period. Duration: 15.0 seconds Available formats:   720x480 (30 fps) Frames   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   7 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   13 MB   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   1 MB   320x240     JPEG         5 KB   320x240 (30 fps) X-FLV       559 KB How to play our movies    Lightning probability (January 1998 - February 2003) measured by TRMM-LIS. Brighter red is higher lightning probability. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 240         JPEG       4 KB    TGFs have some correlation with lightning events? Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 240         JPEG       5 KB    Four months of TGFs as seen by RHESSI. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 2 MB   160 x 80           PNG       13 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       5 KB   80 x 40             PNG         3 KB Animation Number: 3111 Completed: 2005-02-10 Animator: Tom Bridgman (GST) (Lead) Scientists: David M. Smith (University of California, Santa Cruz)   Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh (University of British Columbia) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: RHESSI/X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (2004/07/01 - 2004/10/31)   TRMM/LIS/Lightning (2004/07/01 - 2004/10/31) Data Collected: 2004/07/01 - 2004/10/31 Series: Terrestrial Gamma Flashes Keywords: SVS >> Lightning DLESE >> Space science GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Spectral/Engineering >> Gamma Ray Science paper: Science, Vol 307, Issue 5712, 1085-1088 , 18 February 2005, [DOI: 10.1126/science.1107466]     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top

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