Maximum sprite streamer luminosity near the stratopause

dc.contributor.author	Michael, Kosch
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-11T09:59:14Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-11T09:59:14Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.citation	Füllekrug, M., Nnadih, S., Soula, S., Mlynarczyk, J., Stock, M., Lapierre, J., & Kosch, M. (2019). Maximum sprite streamer luminosity near the stratopause. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 12572– 12579. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084331	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0094-8276
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10566/8278
dc.description.abstract	Sprites are composed of numerous streamers which exhibit transient luminosities in the upper middle atmosphere above thunderclouds after initiation by an intense positive lightning discharge, often followed by lightning continuing current. Here we report the discovery of a sprite which exhibits its main luminosity near the stratopause. This novel phenomenon is attributed to a sudden surge of intracloud lightning leader activity, based on a rigorous analysis of our observed electromagnetic waveforms.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	AGU Advances	en_US
dc.subject	atmospheric and space electricity	en_US
dc.subject	lightning discharges	en_US
dc.subject	transient luminous events	en_US
dc.title	Maximum sprite streamer luminosity near the stratopause	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US