Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM)
Atmospheric Physics, Physics of the Upper atmosphere, coordination of science related to the ASIM mission:
- High-energy thunderstorm processes
- How are photons created with energies up to 100 MeV?
- What is the proficiency of thunderstorm discharges in creating antimatter?
- What makes thunderstorms discharge in gigantic lightning flashes reaching the ionosphere?
- Atmospheric science
- How do thunderstorms affect the stratosphere and thereby the climate?
- Can we predict severe storm intensification from lightning activity?
- To what extent is thunderstorm electrical activity affected by dust particles? Atmosphere-space interactions
- Quantify energetic particle precipitation and its relation to auroral and to solar conditions
- Origin of meteors
- How large is the thunderstorm source of high-energy electrons in the mesosphere?