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High speed video of initial sprite development
Author(s) -
Stanley Mark,
Krehbiel Paul,
Brook Marx,
Moore Charles,
Rison William,
Abrahams Bill
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/1999gl010673
Subject(s) - sprite (computer graphics) , geology , effects of high altitude on humans , meteorology , geophysics , physics , computer science , computer graphics (images)
High speed video of sprites show that they are typically initiated at an altitude of about 75 km and usually develop simultaneously upwards and downwards from the point of origin with an initial columniform shape. The initial development of sprites appears to be dominated by corona streamers with velocities in excess of 10 7 m/s. Many of the observed characteristics are consistent with a conventional breakdown mechanism for both sprite initiation and initial sprite development.