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Particularly intense lightning discharges can produce transient luminous events above thunderclouds, termed sprites, elves and jets. These short lived optical emissions in the mesosphere can reach from the tops of thunderclouds up to the ionosphere; they provide direct evidence of coupling from the lower atmosphere to the upper atmosphere. Sprites are arguably the most dramatic recent discovery in solar-terrestrial physics. Shortly after the first ground based video recordings of sprites, observations on board the Space Shuttle detected sprites and elves occurring all around the world. These reports led to detailed sprite observations in North America, South America, Australia, Japan, and Europe. Subsequently, sprites were detected from other space platforms such as the International Space Station and the ROCSAT satellite. During the past 15 years, more than 200 contributions on sprites have been published in the scientific literature to document this rapidly evolving new research area.
ISBN: 9781402046278
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 398
Produktart: Gebunden
Herausgeber: Füllekrug, Martin Mareev, Eugene A. Rycroft, Michael J
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Veröffentlicht: 01.05.2006
Schlagworte: Aeronomy Cloud Current density Ionosphere LED Meteorology Remote Sensing Scale Storm Thunder

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