Halos generated by negative cloud-to-ground lightning

被引：57

作者：

Frey, H. U. ^{[1
]}

Mende, S. B.

Cummer, S. A.

Li, J.

Adachi, T.

Fukunishi, H.

Takahashi, Y.

Chen, A. B.

Hsu, R.-R.

Su, H.-T.

Chang, Y.-S.

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Space Sci Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[2] Duke Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Durham, NC USA

[3] Kyoto Univ, Res Inst Sustainable Humanosphere, Uji, Japan

[4] Tohoku Univ, Dept Geophys, Sendai, Miyagi 980, Japan

[5] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Dept Phys, Tainan 70101, Taiwan

[6] Natl Space Program, Hsinchu, Taiwan

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2007年 / 34卷 / 18期

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D O I：

10.1029/2007GL030908

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

The Imager for Sprites and Upper Atmospheric Lightning (ISUAL) on the FORMOSAT-2 spacecraft observes Transient Luminous Events (TLE) like sprites, elves, and halos from space. We analyzed halos that were observed in Central America close enough to ELF/VLF receivers that allowed for the determination of the polarity of the parent lightning. All halos were created by negative cloud to ground lightning (-CG) strokes that occurred almost exclusively over the open water. Only three out of the 31 events happened over land. We conclude that the Central American region seems to be special with respect to the large proportion of -CG created halos. Such a behavior is very different from the occurrence of sprites that are mostly created by positive cloud to ground lightning.

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