Atmospheric electricity has been intensively studied during the last 30 years after the
discovery in 1989 of different forms of upper atmospheric electrical discharges (so–called …

This review covers selected results of recent observations of lightning discharges performed
across the entire electromagnetic spectrum (radiofrequency, optical, and energetic radiation) …

Abstract The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) was launched to the International Space
Station (ISS) in February 2017, detecting optical signatures of lightning with storm‐scale …

Thunderstorms are natural laboratories for studying electrical discharges in air, where the
vast temporal, spatial, and energy scales available can spawn surprising phenomena that …

In this paper we report the first close, high‐resolution observations of downward‐directed
terrestrial gamma‐ray flashes (TGFs) detected by the large‐area Telescope Array cosmic …

Lightning increases the atmosphere's ability to cleanse itself by producing nitric oxide (NO),
leading to atmospheric chemistry that forms ozone (O3) and the atmosphere's primary …

While narrow bipolar events (NBEs) could be related with lightning initiation, their intrinsic
physics remains in question. Here we report on optical measurements by the Atmosphere …

Blue jets are lightning-like, atmospheric electric discharges of several hundred millisecond
duration that fan into cones as they propagate from the top of thunderclouds into the …

Recent measurements of narrow bipolar lightning events (NBEs) by very high frequency
(VHF) radio interferometer have resolved the dynamic development of this special lightning …

Narrow bipolar events (NBEs) are signatures in radio signals from thunderstorms observed
by ground-based receivers. NBEs may occur at the onset of lightning, but the discharge …