J. E. Jerauld

TL;DR: In this paper, X-ray and electric field measurements were made during five nearby negative natural lightning strikes in north central Florida during the summer of 2004, demonstrating unambiguously that the source of lightning X rays is closely related to the stepping process.

TL;DR: Using a NaI(Tl) scintillation detector designed to operate in electrically noisy environments, intense bursts of energetic radiation are observed during the dart leader phase of rocket-triggered lightning, providing strong evidence that the production of runaway electrons is an important process during lightning.

TL;DR: The performance characteristics of the U.S. National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) were evaluated using rocket-triggered lightning data, acquired in the summers of 2001-2003 at the International Center for Lightning Research and Testing (ICLRT), at Camp Blanding, Florida as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported an unusual event that occurred during the last rocket-triggered flash of the 2003 season for this flash, an intense burst of MeV gamma-rays was observed from a distance of 650 m from the lightning channel, not in association with the dart leader or return stroke, but in combination with a large current pulse (11 kA) occurring during the initial-stage (during the initial continuous current), about 20 ms after the vaporization of the triggering wire.

TL;DR: In this article, the x-ray emission from rocket-triggered lightning was measured using four instruments placed between 15 and 40 m from the lightning channels, with the most intense X-ray bursts coming from the part of the lightning channel within ∼50 m of the ground.