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Martino Marisaldi

Professor
  • E-mailmartino.marisaldi@uib.no
  • Phone+47 55 58 46 20
  • Visitor Address
    Allégaten 55
    5007 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7803
    5020 Bergen

High-energy atmospheric physics

Research on Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes, gamma-ray glows, and related high-energy atmospheric phenomena.

The main questions we want to answer:

  • how are TGFs produced?
  • what is the relation between the lightning process and TGF production?
  • do TGFs and related phenomena have any impact on atmospheric chemistry and dynamics?

The tools we use:

  • the Atmosphere-Space Interaction Monitor (ASIM) mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
  • the AGILE mission
  • dedicated laboratory experiments, flight campaigns, and modeling

Main publications (most recent first)

  1. M. Marisaldi, et al. (2019), On the high-energy spectral component and fine time structure of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, J. Geophys. Res. (Atmospheres), 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030554 
  2. P. Kochkin, A. P. J. van Deursen, M. Marisaldi, et al. (2017), In-flight observation of gamma ray glows by ILDAS. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmospheres), 122. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027405  
  3. F. Lyu, S. A. Cummer, M. Briggs, M. Marisaldi, et al. (2016), Ground detection of terrestrial gamma ray flashes from distant radio signals, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(16):8728–8734. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070154 
  4. M. Marisaldi, et al. (2015), Enhanced detection of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes by agile. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42(21):9481–9487, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066100 
  5. M. Marisaldi, F. Fuschino, M. Tavani, et al. (2014) Properties of terrestrial gamma ray flashes detected by AGILE MCAL below 30 MeV. J. Geophys. Res. (Space Physics), 119:1337–1355, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JA019301 
  6. F. Fuschino, M. Marisaldi, C Labanti, et al. (2011) High spatial resolution correlation of AGILE TGFs and global lightning activity above the equatorial belt. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38:14806, https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL047817 
  7. M. Tavani, M. Marisaldi, C. Labanti, et al. (2011), Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes as Powerful Particle Accelerators. Physical Review Letters, 106(1):018501, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.018501 
  8. M. Marisaldi, et al. (2010), Gamma-Ray Localization of Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes. Physical Review Letters, 105(12):128501, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.128501 
  9. M. Marisaldi, et al. (2010), Detection of terrestrial gamma ray flashes up to 40 MeV by the AGILE satellite. J. Geophys. Res. (Space Physics), 115:0, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JA014502
  10. C. Labanti, M. Marisaldi, et al. (2009), Design and construction of the Mini-Calorimeter of the AGILE satellite. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. in Phys. Res. A, 598:470–479, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.09.021 
All my publications are listed here 
Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2024). High Peak Current Lightning and the Production of Elves. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Ultra high energy cosmic rays The intersection of the Cosmic and Energy Frontiers. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). 120 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Multiwavelength study of the luminous GRB 210619B observed with Fermi and ASIM. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 3201-3226.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Library of Simulated Gamma-Ray Glows and Application to Previous Airborne Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Characterization of Thunderstorm Cells Producing Observable Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The Temporal Relationship Between Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes and Associated Optical Pulses From Lightning. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The Second Catalog of Interplanetary Network Localizations of Konus Short-duration Gamma-Ray Bursts. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The Second AGILE MCAL Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog: 13 yr of Observations. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ).
  • Show author(s) (2022). Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes With Accompanying Elves Detected by ASIM. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 1-21.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Production of Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes During the Early Stages of Lightning Flashes. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
  • Show author(s) (2022). New WMO Certified Megaflash Lightning Extremes for Flash Distance and Duration Recorded from Space. Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS). 257-261.
  • Show author(s) (2022). AGILE Observations of GRB 220101A: A "new Year's Burst" with an Exceptionally Huge Energy Release. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ).
  • Show author(s) (2021). Very-high-frequency oscillations in the main peak of a magnetar giant flare. Nature. 621-624.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Time evolution of storms producing terrestrial gamma-ray flashes using era5 reanalysis data, gps, lightning and geo-stationary satellite observations. Remote Sensing. 1-20.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Spectral Analysis of Individual Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes Detected by ASIM. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Simultaneous Observations of EIP, TGF, Elve, and Optical Lightning. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Observation of Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes at Mid Latitude. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
  • Show author(s) (2021). GPM-DPR Observations on TGFs Producing Storms. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Constraining Spectral Models of a Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash From a Terrestrial Electron Beam Observation by the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor. Geophysical Research Letters.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Constraining Spectral Models of a Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash From a Terrestrial Electron Beam Observation by the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor. Geophysical Research Letters.
  • Show author(s) (2021). An X-ray burst from a magnetar enlightening the mechanism of fast radio bursts. Nature Astronomy. 401-407.
  • Show author(s) (2021). A Rapid Gamma-Ray Glow Flux Reduction Observed From 20 km Altitude. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
  • Show author(s) (2020). The 3rd AGILE Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes Catalog. Part II: Optimized Selection Criteria and Characteristics of the New Sample. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Space Physics.
  • Show author(s) (2020). The 3rd AGILE Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flash Catalog. Part I: Association to Lightning Sferics. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Space Physics.
  • Show author(s) (2020). AGILESim: Monte Carlo Simulation of the AGILE Gamma-Ray Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). 1-12.
  • Show author(s) (2020). AGILE and Konus-Wind Observations of GRB 190114C: The Remarkable Prompt and Early Afterglow Phases. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ).
  • Show author(s) (2020). AGILE Observations of Two Repeating Fast Radio Bursts with Low Intrinsic Dispersion Measures. Astrophysical Journal Letters. 1-8.
  • Show author(s) (2020). A terrestrial gamma-ray flash and ionospheric ultraviolet emissions powered by lightning. Science. 183-186.
  • Show author(s) (2019). The First Terrestrial Electron Beam Observed by the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Space Physics. 10497-10511.
  • Show author(s) (2019). On the high-energy spectral component and fine time structure of terrestrial gamma ray flashes. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 7484-7497.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Gamma ray storms: preliminary meteorological analysis of AGILE TGFs: Meteorology of AGILE TGF observations. Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali. 259-263.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Gamma Ray Glow Observations at 20-km Altitude. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Space Physics. 7236-7254.
  • Show author(s) (2019). First 10 Months of TGF Observations by ASIM. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Space Physics. 14024-14036.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Detection of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes with the AGILE/MCAL. Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali. 265-269.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Analysis of Thunderstorms Producing Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes With the Meteosat Second Generation. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Space Physics. 12667-12682.
  • Show author(s) (2019). A New AGILE MCAL Configuration to Detect Gamma-Ray Bursts and Sub-threshold Events in the Multimessenger Era. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). 1-12.
  • Show author(s) (2018). The e-ASTROGAM gamma-ray space observatory for the multimessenger astronomy of the 2030s. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering. 1-15.
  • Show author(s) (2018). The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances . Advances in Space Research.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Science with e-ASTROGAM: A space mission for MeV–GeV gamma-ray astrophysics. Journal of High Energy Astrophysics. 1-106.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Calibration of AGILE-GRID with On-ground Data and Monte Carlo Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ).
  • Show author(s) (2017). The interplanetary network supplement to the Second Fermi GBM catalog of cosmic gamma-ray bursts. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 1-7.
  • Show author(s) (2017). The e-ASTROGAM mission Exploring the extreme Universe with gamma rays in the MeV - GeV range. Experimental astronomy (Print).
  • Show author(s) (2017). Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes in the BeppoSAX data archive. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 50-56.
  • Show author(s) (2017). In-Flight Observation of Gamma Ray Glows by ILDAS. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Detection of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes with the AGILE satellite. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS).
  • Show author(s) (2017). AGILE observations of the gravitational-wave source GW170104. Astrophysical Journal Letters. 1-7.
  • Show author(s) (2017). AGILE Observations of the Gravitational-wave Source GW170817: Constraining Gamma-Ray Emission from an NS-NS Coalescence. Astrophysical Journal Letters. 1-9.
  • Show author(s) (2017). A pipeline to link meteorological information and TGFs detected by AGILE. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Space Physics. 2300-2309.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Relativistic electrons from sparks in the laboratory. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Biogeosciences. 2939-2954.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Radio emissions from double RHESSI TGFs. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Biogeosciences. 8006-8022.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Ground detection of terrestrial gamma ray flashes from distant radio signals. Geophysical Research Letters. 8728-8734.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Detection of multiple terrestrial gamma-ray flashes from thunderstorm systems. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Biogeosciences. 11,302-11,315.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Observation of intrinsically bright terrestrial gamma ray flashes from the Mediterranean basin. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 12143-12156.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Enhanced detection of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes by AGILE. Geophysical Research Letters. 9481-9487.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Analysis of global Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes distribution and special focus on AGILE detections over South America. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 10-20.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Properties of terrestrial gamma ray flashes detected by AGILE MCAL below 30 MeV. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Biogeosciences. 1337-1355.
Lecture
  • Show author(s) (2016). Radio emissions from double RHESSI TGFs.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2019). The First Terrestrial Electron Beam Observed by the Atmosphere‐Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM), EGU 2019 Presentation.
  • Show author(s) (2017). A Synergic Approach to the Study of TGFs and Energetic Radiation from Thunderstorms.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Stereo Observations of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Unusual bright TGF from low cloud tops over the Mediterranean sea.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Terrestrial Gamma ray Flashes observed over low clod tops.
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2019). Observation of a Terrestrial Electron Beam during the tropical cyclone Joaninha in March 2019.
  • Show author(s) (2017). On the high-energy spectral component of TGFs detected by AGILE.
  • Show author(s) (2017). How should we define terrestrial gamma-ray flashes?
  • Show author(s) (2017). Gamma-ray observations at 20 km altitude above thunderstorms.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Estimating the global production rate of TGFs.
  • Show author(s) (2017). A Synergic Approach to the Study of TGFs and Energetic Radiation from Thunderstorms.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Radio emissions from RHESSI TGFs.

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