Sprites, Elves and Intense Lightning Discharges

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Füllekrug, Martin (Editor), Mareev, Eugene A. (Editor), Rycroft, Michael J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 225
• Subjects: Physics.; Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Atmospheric sciences.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Physics, general.; Earth Sciences, general.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Atmospheric Sciences.

Particularly intense lightning discharges can produce transient luminous events above thunderclouds, termed sprites, elves and jets. These short lived optical emissions in the mesosphere can reach from the tops of thunderclouds up to the ionosphere; they provide direct evidence of coupling from the...