• Detection of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes with the AGILE/MCAL 

      Ursi, Alessandro; Marisaldi, Martino; Tavani, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      AGILE is one of the satellites currently detecting terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs). In particular, the AGILE MiniCALorimeter detected more than 2000 events in 8 years activity, by exploiting a unique sub-millisecond ...
    • Gamma ray storms: preliminary meteorological analysis of AGILE TGFs: Meteorology of AGILE TGF observations 

      Tiberia, Alessandra; Dietrich, Stefano; Porcu, Federico; Marisaldi, Martino; Ursi, Alessandro; Tavani, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Despite the recognition from their discovery that terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) originate from thunderstorms, little is known about the TGF-producing storms. The characteristics of such thunderstorms are investigated ...