• DocumentCode
    1276265
  • Title

    Sprite Streamers Imaged at Different Exposure Times

  • Author

    Liu, Ningyu ; Pasko, Victor P. ; Stenbaek-Nielsen, Hans C. ; McHarg, Matthew G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Space Sci., Florida Inst. of Technol., Melbourne, FL, USA
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    2710
  • Lastpage
    2711
  • Abstract
    This paper investigates the appearance of sprite streamer discharges imaged at different exposure times. Both observational and modeling results are presented to illustrate that the formation of luminous filamentary channels in sprites is caused by bright and fast-moving sprite streamer heads.
  • Keywords
    corona; plasma diagnostics; plasma simulation; bright sprite streamer head; exposure times; fast-moving sprite streamer head; luminous filamentary channel formation; sprite streamer discharges; Acceleration; Atmospheric modeling; Head; Image resolution; Optical imaging; Sprites (computer); Streaming media; Optical emissions; sprites; streamer coronae;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2011.2159517
  • Filename
    5957326
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1276265