All Physics Faculty Publications
Document Type
Poster
Journal/Book Title/Conference
AGU, Fall Meeting 2007
Location
San Francisco, CA
Publication Date
12-2007
Abstract
Sprites and halos are prominent members of an extraordinary family of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), discovered and named during the early 1990's. Occurring in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere, TLEs are now known to be caused by intense heating and ionization in the mesosphere due to electrons excited by transient electrical fields in the upper atmosphere induced by tropospheric lightning discharges.
Recommended Citation
Bailey, Matt; Taylor, M. J.; Pautet, P.D.; Cummer, S.; Jaugey, N.; Thomas, J. N.; and Holzworth, R. W., "Sprite Halos and Associated Lightning Characteristics Over South America" (2007). All Physics Faculty Publications. Paper 2149.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/physics_facpub/2149
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