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Ground-based detection of sprites and their parent lightning flashes over Africa during the 2006 AMMA campaign

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Williams, ER; Lyons, WA; Hobara, Y; Mushtak, VC; Asencio, N; Boldi, R; Bór, J; Cummer, SA; Greenberg, E; Hayakaw, M; Holzworth, RH; Kotroni, V ...
Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
January 1, 2010

Sprites have been detected in video camera observations from Niger over mesoscale convective systems in Nigeria during the 2006 AMMA (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis) campaign. The parent lightning flashes have been detected by multiple Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) receiving stations worldwide. The recorded charge moments of the parent lightning flashes are often in excellent agreement between different receiving sites, and are furthermore consistent with conventional dielectric breakdown in the mesosphere as the origin of the sprites. Analysis of the polarization of the horizontal magnetic field at the distant receivers provides evidence that the departure from linear magnetic polarization at ELF is caused primarily by the day-night asymmetry of the Earth-ionosphere cavity. © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society.

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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

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1477-870X

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0035-9009

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

Volume

136

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SUPPL. 1

Start / End Page

257 / 271

Related Subject Headings

  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
  • 3701 Atmospheric sciences
  • 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
  • 0405 Oceanography
  • 0401 Atmospheric Sciences
 

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Williams, E. R., Lyons, W. A., Hobara, Y., Mushtak, V. C., Asencio, N., Boldi, R., … Yamashitao, K. (2010). Ground-based detection of sprites and their parent lightning flashes over Africa during the 2006 AMMA campaign. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136(SUPPL. 1), 257–271. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.489
Williams, E. R., W. A. Lyons, Y. Hobara, V. C. Mushtak, N. Asencio, R. Boldi, J. Bór, et al. “Ground-based detection of sprites and their parent lightning flashes over Africa during the 2006 AMMA campaign.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 136, no. SUPPL. 1 (January 1, 2010): 257–71. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.489.
Williams ER, Lyons WA, Hobara Y, Mushtak VC, Asencio N, Boldi R, et al. Ground-based detection of sprites and their parent lightning flashes over Africa during the 2006 AMMA campaign. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 2010 Jan 1;136(SUPPL. 1):257–71.
Williams, E. R., et al. “Ground-based detection of sprites and their parent lightning flashes over Africa during the 2006 AMMA campaign.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 136, no. SUPPL. 1, Jan. 2010, pp. 257–71. Scopus, doi:10.1002/qj.489.
Williams ER, Lyons WA, Hobara Y, Mushtak VC, Asencio N, Boldi R, Bór J, Cummer SA, Greenberg E, Hayakaw M, Holzworth RH, Kotroni V, Li J, Morales C, Nelson TE, Price C, Russell B, Sato M, Sátori G, Shirahata K, Takahashio Y, Yamashitao K. Ground-based detection of sprites and their parent lightning flashes over Africa during the 2006 AMMA campaign. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 2010 Jan 1;136(SUPPL. 1):257–271.
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Published In

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

DOI

EISSN

1477-870X

ISSN

0035-9009

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

Volume

136

Issue

SUPPL. 1

Start / End Page

257 / 271

Related Subject Headings

  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
  • 3701 Atmospheric sciences
  • 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
  • 0405 Oceanography
  • 0401 Atmospheric Sciences