Diffuse and streamer regions of sprites

被引：63

作者：

Pasko, VP

Stenbaek-Nielsen, HC

机构：

[1] Penn State Univ, CSSL Lab, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[2] Univ Alaska, Inst Geophys, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2002年 / 29卷 / 10期

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D O I：

10.1029/2001GL014241

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

[1] The observed altitude stratification in large number of sprite events, exhibiting a sharp transition between the upper diffuse and lower streamer regions, is used in conjunction with a theoretical model to establish correspondence between sprite luminosity and the ambient mesospheric/ lower ionospheric conductivity profile. The reported results provide new means for remote sensing of the lower ionosphere using sprite luminosity.

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