The research objectives based directly on the observations taken by the ASIM mission are:
- Provide a comprehensive survey of the occurrences of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) and Terrestrial γ -flashes (TGFs) on a global scale;
- Study the physics of TGFs and their relationship with TLEs;
- Study the physics of TLEs;
- Determine the characteristics that make thunderstorms TLE- and TGF-active;
- Study the coupling to the ionosphere of thunderstorms and TLEs;
- Study the effects of thunderstorms and TGFs on the Earth’s radiation belts.
