Progress in the study of transient luminous and atmospheric events: A review

VV Surkov, M Hayakawa - Surveys in Geophysics, 2020 - Springer
Transient luminous events (TLEs) such as sprites, blue jets (BJs) and elves have been
studied intensively during the last three decades, and much is now known of their properties …

Meteorological imagery for the geostationary lightning mapper

EC Bruning, CE Tillier, SF Edgington… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) on the Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite‐R series of weather satellites provides point geolocations of …

Lightning initiation processes imaged with very high frequency broadband interferometry

F Lyu, SA Cummer, Z Qin… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent measurements of narrow bipolar lightning events (NBEs) by very high frequency
(VHF) radio interferometer have resolved the dynamic development of this special lightning …

Insights into high peak current in‐cloud lightning events during thunderstorms

F Lyu, SA Cummer, L McTague - Geophysical Research Letters, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We investigated National Lightning Detection Network reports and lightning radio
waveforms in a 44 day observation period to analyze the in‐cloud (IC) events producing …

The DC and AC global electric circuits and climate

D Siingh, RP Singh, NJ Victor, AK Kamra - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the studies in global electric circuit (GEC) have received additional interest
because of its potential to monitor climate and its use in representing the planets electrical …

Upward propagation of gigantic jets revealed by 3D radio and optical mapping

LD Boggs, D Mach, E Bruning, N Liu… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Occasionally, lightning will exit the top of a thunderstorm and connect to the lower edge of
space, forming a gigantic jet. Here, we report on observations of a negative gigantic jet that …

Origin of an uncommon multiple‐stroke positive cloud‐to‐ground lightning flash with different terminations

S Yuan, X Qie, R Jiang, D Wang, Z Sun… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An uncommon three‐stroke positive cloud‐to‐ground (+ CG) lightning flash was observed
by synchronous multifrequency radiation sensors, and the three‐dimensional development …

Transient luminous events and their relationship to lightning strokes over the Tibetan Plateau and its comparison regions

C Xu, X Qie, Z Sun, J Yang, H Zhang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the relationship between transient luminous events (TLEs) and
lightning strokes, and the characteristics of TLE‐producing thunderstorms over the Tibetan …

Parameterization and global distribution of sprites based on the WWLLN data

A Evtushenko, N Ilin, E Svechnikova - Atmospheric Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study of the global distribution of sprites is based on the new parameterization and
WWLLN (World Wide Lightning Location Network) data for 2016. The information on the …

Characteristics of positive cloud‐to‐ground lightning in Da Hinggan Ling forest region at relatively high latitude, northeastern China

X Qie, Z Wang, D Wang, M Liu - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In 2009 and 2010, a multistation network of fast and slow antennas was installed on the
edge of a relatively high latitude forest region in Da Hinggan Ling (50.4° N, 124.1° E) of …