Telescopic imaging of sprites

By E. Gerken, Umran S. Inan, Christopher Barrington-Leigh. 2000

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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Plant Science

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. V. Pasko
2. Joseph R. Dwyer
3. S. Cummer
4. David M. Smith
5. Martin A. Uman
6. Yoav Yosef Yair
7. C. Kuo
8. S. Nijdam

In Electrical and Electronic Engineering

1. V. Pasko
2. Joseph R. Dwyer
3. Martin A. Uman
4. David M. Smith
5. S. Nijdam
6. S. Cummer
7. S. Celestin
8. Ute Ebert

In Plant Science

1. V. Pasko
2. C. Kuo
3. Yoav Yosef Yair

Citations in the corpus

• The physics of streamer discharge phenomena (2020, background): “n nitrogen, streamers are thinner with minimal diameters p d min = 0:12 0:02mmbar. These values are consistent with reduced diameters of sprites for which p d min=T = 0:3 0:2mmbar/(293K) was found in [84]. In [26], we improved gas purity and optical diagnostics and studied more nitrogen oxygen mixtu”
• Recent advances in theory of transient luminous events (2010, background): “The work in that direction has already started in the context of development of comprehensive kinetic models for evaluation of chemical effects of sprites and sprite streamers [e.g., Sentman et al., 2008a; Sentman and Stenbaek‐Nielsen, 2009; Gordillo‐ Vazquez, 2008].”
• Review of recent results on streamer discharges and discussion of their relevance for sprites and lightning (2010, background): “Sprite discharges can consist of (ten) thousands of growing channels with diameters of the order of tens to hundreds of meters [Gerken et al., 2000].”
• High-Energy Atmospheric Physics: Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes and Related Phenomena (2012, background): “…produced by RREA was effectively disproved by observations that sprites are composed of filamentary streamers expected for conventional breakdown (Gerken et al. 2000), and at present there are no reported observations of high altitude optical emissions associated with the runaway avalanche…”
• The physics of lightning (2014, background): “This picture was challenged when detailed observations showed that Sprites are composed of filamentary streamers similar to seen during conventional breakdown [441].”
• Lightning Related Transient Luminous Events at High Altitude in the Earth’s Atmosphere: Phenomenology, Mechanisms and Effects (2012, background): “…that develop at the base of the ionosphere and move rapidly downwards at speeds up to 10,000 km/s (Sentman et al. 1995; Lyons 1996; Stanley et al. 1999; Gerken et al. 2000; Cummer et al. 2006b; McHarg et al. 2007; Stenbaek-Nielsen et al. 2007; Stenbaek-Nielsen and McHarg 2008); ‘halos’, which are…”
• Efficient models for photoionization produced by non-thermal gas discharges in air based on radiative transfer and the Helmholtz equations (2007, background): “with ∼16 ms time resolution) revealed an amazing variety of generally vertical fine structure with transverse spatial scales ranging from tens to a few hundred meters ( Gerken et al 2000, Gerken and Inan 2002, 2003, 2005).”
• Submillisecond imaging of sprite development and structure (2006, methodology): “Adapting the telescope-based technique first employed with regular speed video by Gerken et al. [2000] , Marshall and Inan [2005] reported telescopic imaging at 1000 fps and also acknowledged the need for sprite imaging with greater time resolution.”