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ELF/VLF signatures of sprite-producing lightning discharges observed during the 2005 EuroSprite campaign
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In this article, the authors identify the signature of the sprite-producing lightning discharges in the ELF and VLF electromagnetic frequency bands, to qualify and compare their parameters, and study the influence of the thunderstorm-activated region on its overlaying ionosphere.About:
This article is published in Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics.The article was published on 2009-08-01. It has received 14 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sprite (lightning) & Very low frequency.read more
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A survey of ELF and VLF research on lightning-ionosphere interactions and causative discharges
TL;DR: A review of the development of ELF and VLF measurements, both from a historical point of view and from the view of their relationship to optical and other observations of ionospheric effects of lightning discharges is provided in this paper.
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Coordinated observations of sprites and in-cloud lightning flash structure
Gaopeng Lu,Gaopeng Lu,Steven A. Cummer,Jingbo Li,Jingbo Li,Lucian Zigoneanu,Walter A. Lyons,Mark A. Stanley,William Rison,Paul R. Krehbiel,Harald E. Edens,Ronald J. Thomas,William H. Beasley,Stephanie A. Weiss,Richard J. Blakeslee,Eric C. Bruning,Donald R. MacGorman,Tiffany C. Meyer,Kevin Palivec,Thomas Ashcraft,Tim Samaras +20 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the temporal and spatial development of sprite-producing lightning flashes is examined with coordinated observations over an asymmetric mesoscale convective system (MCS) on 29 June 2011 near the Oklahoma Lightning Mapping Array (LMA).
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ELF Electromagnetic Waves from Lightning: The Schumann Resonances
TL;DR: In the extremely low frequency (ELF) range below 100 Hz, the global Schumann Resonance (SR) are excited at frequencies of 8 Hz, 14 Hz, 20 Hz, etc as mentioned in this paper.
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Local and global impacts on the fair-weather electric field in Israel
TL;DR: In this article, ground-based measurements of the vertical electric field (Ez or potential gradient) during fair weather days in the Negev desert, southern Israel are presented for the period June 2013-July 2015.
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Spatial and temporal evolution of horizontally extensive lightning discharges associated with sprite-producing positive cloud-to-ground flashes in northeastern Spain
TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of the in-cloud component of the sprite-associated lightning flashes and those of other flashes is presented, focusing on the horizontal development of sprite-producing lightning by discussing three examples, divided into the periods before the positive cloud-to-ground flash (+CG), between +CG and the end of the sprites, and the period after the sprite.
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Preliminary results from the Sprites94 Aircraft Campaign: 1. Red sprites
TL;DR: The dual jet aircraft Sprites94 campaign yielded the first color imagery and unambiguously triangulated physical dimensions and heights of upper atmospheric optical emissions associated with thunderstorm systems as mentioned in this paper.
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Sprites, ELF Transients, and Positive Ground Strokes.
TL;DR: In two summertime mesoscale convective systems, mesospheric optical sprite phenomena were often coincident with both large-amplitude positive cloud-to-ground lightning and transient Schumann resonance excitations of the entire Earth-ionosphere cavity.
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Criteria for sprites and elves based on Schumann resonance observations
E. Huang,Earle Williams,Robert Boldi,Stan Heckman,W. A. Lyons,Michael J. Taylor,Thomas E. Nelson,C. Wong +7 more
TL;DR: Theoretical predictions for dielectric breakdown in the mesosphere were tested using ELF methods to evaluate vertical charge moments of positive ground flashes as discussed by the authors, and the measured charge moments were sufficient to account for electron runaway breakdown, and the long avalanche length in this mechanism also accounts for the exclusive association of sprites with ground flashes of positive polarity.
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Resonances in the Earth-Ionosphere Cavity
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of natural sources of Electromagnetic Radiation in the Earth-Ionosphere Cavity, including Schumann Resonance Studies, and their application in the non-uniform cavity.
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Heating, ionization and upward discharges in the mesosphere, due to intense quasi‐electrostatic thundercloud fields
TL;DR: In this paper, quasi-electrostatic (QE) fields that temporarily exist at high altitudes following the sudden removal (e.g., by a lightning discharge) of thundercloud charge at low altitudes are found to significantly heat mesospheric electrons and produce ionization and light.
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