Editors:
- The first extended summary on recent sprite research
- Sprites are arguably the most dramatic recent discovery in solar-terrestrial physics
- Sprites are direct evidence of coupling from the lower atmosphere(troposphere) to the upper atmosphere (ionosphere)
- Sprites are a hot topic of interdisciplinary research in atmospheric science and represent a rapidly evolving new research area
- Summarises the present state of the art in sprite research with contributions from the world leading experts in their respective fields
Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (NAII, volume 225)
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Table of contents (15 papers)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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 lower atmosphere to the upper atmosphere. Sprites are arguably the most dramatic recent discovery in solar-terrestrial physics. Shortly after the first ground based video recordings of sprites, observations on board the Space Shuttle detected sprites and elves occurring all around the world. These reports led to detailed sprite observations in North America, South America, Australia, Japan, and Europe. Subsequently, sprites were detected from other space platforms such as the International Space Station and the ROCSAT satellite. During the past 15 years, more than 200 contributions on sprites have been published in the scientific literature to document this rapidly evolving new research area.
Editors and Affiliations
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Centre for Space Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Martin Füllekrug
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Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
Eugene A. Mareev
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CAESAR Consultancy, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Michael J. Rycroft
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: "Sprites, Elves and Intense Lightning Discharges"
Editors: Martin Füllekrug, Eugene A. Mareev, Michael J. Rycroft
Series Title: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4629-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4627-8Published: 01 May 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1308-3Published: 30 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4629-2Published: 27 May 2006
Series ISSN: 1568-2609
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 398
Topics: Physics, general, Earth Sciences, general, Classical Electrodynamics, Geophysics/Geodesy, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Atmospheric Sciences