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Thunderclouds act as the sources of energetic radiation, the main components of which are gamma particles and electrons. The radiation can be registered by satellite or ground-based detectors. The effect is caused by the bremsstrahlung of electrons accelerated by the cloud electric field. The study of high-energy atmospheric phenomena requires analyzing the data on the distribution of cloud particles and the electrical structure formed by them. In this study, the comparison of the information on meteorological conditions for energetic emission from thunderclouds obtained from satellite observations in the infrared and optical ranges is performed.
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We are grateful to A.A. Chilingaryan for our fruitful discussions and providing access to the data array of the Aragats Scientific Station and A.A. Nozik for help in preparing this paper.
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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 18-05-80077 (investigation of the meteorological characteristics of TGEs) and the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 19-17-00218 (systematization of the information on the meteorological parameters of TGFs).
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Svechnikova, E.K., Ilin, N.V. & Mareev, E.A. Meteorological Characteristics of Energetic Atmospheric Phenomena. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 17, 840–847 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477120060102
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