An overview of the general phenomenology and physical mechanism of large-scale
electrical discharges termed'sprites' observed at high altitude in the Earth's atmosphere …

Research work in the area of the Global Electric Circuit (GEC) has rapidly expanded in
recent years mainly through observations of lightning from satellites and ground-based …

A study is conducted of the principal chemical effects induced by the passage of a single
sprite streamer through the mesosphere at an altitude of 70 km. Recent high‐speed imaging …

The transient ELF (∼ 50–5000 Hz) magnetic field radiated by lightning discharges across
North America was continuously measured at Duke University during the summer of 2000. In …

Sprites are large scale manifestations of electrical streamers triggered in the upper
atmosphere by lightning in an underlying thunderstorm. Imaging of sprites at 10 000 frames …

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 …

The temporal and spatial development of sprite‐producing lightning flashes is examined
with coordinated observations over an asymmetric mesoscale convective system (MCS) on …

Sprites have been recorded at 10,000 fps with 50 μs image exposure time. At this time
resolution it is possible to resolve the temporal development of streamer tips. The recordings …

Recent development in lightning discharges including transient luminous events (TLEs) and
global electric circuit are discussed. Role of solar activity, convective available potential …

We present a detailed statistical analysis of the association of 40 sprite events with lightning
from the parent thunderstorm. Both temporal and spatial criteria were used to identify the …