Lightning can be used to probe Earth’s dynamic Van Allen radiation belts, directly connecting terrestrial weather and space weather.
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Researcher in Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
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Professor of Geophysics, University of Rochester
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Postdoctoral Associate in Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Assistant Professor of Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder