Spatial Structure of Sprites

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Read Full Article Cited by GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 25, NO. 12, PAGES 2123–2126, 1998 Spatial Structure of Sprites Victor P. Pasko STAR Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Umran S. Inan STAR Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Timothy F. Bell STAR Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Abstract A theory of the electrical breakdown (EB) above thunderstorms is developed. The streamer type of the EB is proposed for the explanation of recent observations of fine spatial structures and bursts of blue optical emissions associated with sprites. Received 9 February 1998; accepted 30 March 1998. Read Full Article Cited by Citation: Pasko, V. P., U. S. Inan, and T. F. Bell (1998), Spatial Structure of Sprites, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25(12), 2123–2126. Copyright 1998 by the American Geophysical Union.