Lightning induced optical emissions in the ionosphere |
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Authors: | Valdivia JA |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile and World Institute for Space Environment Research (WISER),University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia |
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Abstract: | A discussion of lightning induced optical emissions in the ionosphere is presented. Emphasis is placed on accounting for the
puzzling observation of the spatial structure in the optical emissions and the Sprite ‘seeding’ before the development of
the ‘tendrils’ (or streamers). In this context we discuss the generation of spatial brightness variations, within the required
lightning parameter thresholds, due to spatio-temporal electric fields and spatial neutral density perturbations.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | fractal antenna ionosphere optical emissions Sprites |
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