Martino Marisaldi

Department of Physics and Technology

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

2016 – PHYS113 Mechanics II and Thermodynamics, department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Norway (main course responsible)
2018 – PHYS117 Physics with projects, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Norway (responsible for a project on Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes)
2019 Co-organizer and teacher at the Birkeland Centre Research School “Atmospheric Electricity and Hard Radiation from Thunderclouds”, University of Bergen, Norway

Main publications (most recent first)

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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) (2023). Library of Simulated Gamma-Ray Glows and Application to Previous Airborne Observations. 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.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

Co-leader of the 'Hard radiation from thunderstorm' group at the Birkeland Centre for Space Science
Principal Investigator of the International Team 'Understanding the properties of the Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flash population' at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland

Fields of competence

High-Energy Astrophysics

High-Energy Atmospheric Physics

Instrumentation

Particle Detectors

Research and higher education

Solar and Space Physics

Space Instrumentation and Systems