Thunderstorm effects according to data from a comprehensive study of variations in secondary cosmic ray particles

Abstract

Thunderstorms have been studied at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory (Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences) since the summer of 2013 using a measuring instrumentation complex. During the period of observation, three events of continuous night-sky airglow correlating with the disturbances in the flux of energetic particles have been recorded during thunderstorms. It is established that there is interaction between a thunderstorm’s front and the precipitation of protons from the Earth’s radiation belt into the atmosphere due to seismic activity.