Absolute optical energy of sprites and its relationship to charge moment of parent lightning discharge based on measurement by ISUAL/AP

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题名:	Absolute optical energy of sprites and its relationship to charge moment of parent lightning discharge based on measurement by ISUAL/AP
作者:	Takahashi,Y;Yoshida,A;Sato,M;Adachi,T;Kondo,S;Hsu,RR;Su,HT;Chen,AB;Mende,SB;Frey,HU;Lee,LC
贡献者:	太空科學研究所
关键词:	TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENTS
日期:	2010
上传时间:	2012-03-27 17:29:43 (UTC+8)
出版者:	國立中央大學
摘要:	Although the Quasi-electrostatic (QE) model has been considered a basic mechanism for describing sprite generation, the relationship between sprite luminosity and the charge moment change (CMC) value, caused by the sprites' parent lightning has not been examined quantitatively. CMC value represents the energy of cloud-to-ground discharge (CG) and the electric field intensity above the thunderstorm. We focused on the data obtained in 2004, in which both ISUAL on board the FORMOSAT-2 satellite and the Tohoku ELF network were operated throughout one year. We could estimate the absolute luminous intensity of sprites free from atmospheric influence with the ISUAL/Array Photometer (AP) and investigated its relationship to the charge moment of parent lightning. Absolute optical energies emitted from sprites were estimated for 14 streamer-type sprites for the first time. The averages of the time-integrated optical energies are 176 kJ and 119 kJ for the N2 1PG and N2 2PG bands, respectively. Furthermore, the optical energies and the charge moments of their parent lightning estimated with ELF data show a high correlation (correlation coefficient = 0.93), that is consistent, qualitatively, with the QE model. This relationship predicts that the 50% occurrence probability is located at similar to 600 C km, which coincides with previous statistical studies.
關聯:	JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
显示于类别:	[太空科學研究所 ] 期刊論文

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