We report on the mountain top observation of three terrestrial gamma‐ray flashes (TGFs) that occurred during the summer storm season of 2021. To our knowledge, these are the first TGFs observed in a mountaintop environment and the first published European TGFs observed from the ground. A gamma‐ray sensitive detector was located at the base of the Säntis Tower in Switzerland and observed three unique TGF events with coincident radio sferic data characteristic of TGFs seen from space. We will show an example of a “slow pulse” radio signature (Cummer et al., 2011,
Modeling convective air movement in unsaturated porous media requires appropriate characterization of the relative air permeability (RAP). Adopting Assouline et al. (1998,
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- 10375244
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- DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
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- Journal Name:
- Water Resources Research
- Volume:
- 55
- Issue:
- 11
- ISSN:
- 0043-1397
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- p. 10037-10049
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