High speed video of initial sprite development

被引：144

作者：

Stanley, M ^{[1
]}

Krehbiel, P

Brook, M

Moore, C

Rison, W

Abrahams, B

机构：

[1] New Mexico Inst Min & Technol, Dept Phys, Socorro, NM 87801 USA

[2] Speed Vis Technol, Solana Beach, CA 92075 USA

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 1999年 / 26卷 / 20期

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D O I：

10.1029/1999GL010673

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

High speed video of sprites show that they are typically initiated at an altitude of about 75 km and usually develop simultaneously upwards and downwards from the point of origin with an initial columniform shape. The initial development of sprites appears to be dominated by corona streamers with velocities in excess of 10(7) m/s. Many of the observed characteristics are consistent with a conventional breakdown mechanism for both sprite initiation and initial sprite development.

引用

页码：3201 / 3204

页数：4

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