Publication Date:
2015-07-01
Description:
Article Sprites, electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere, are thought to be triggered by inhomogeneities. Here the authors present numerical models and propose that mesospheric structures created by atmospheric gravity waves can initiate sprite streamers, and also provide observations supporting this theory. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms8540 Authors: Ningyu Liu, Joseph R. Dwyer, Hans C. Stenbaek-Nielsen, Matthew G. McHarg
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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