Investigating Characteristics of Lightning-Induced Transient Luminous Events Over South America
Sprites, halos, and elves are members of a family of short-lived, luminous phenomena known as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), which occur in the middle atmosphere. Sprites are vertical glows occurring at altitudes typically ranging from ~40 to 90 km. In video imagery they exhibit a red color at...
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DigitalCommons@USU
2010
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| Online Access: | http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/667 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1663&context=etd |