Contrast between continental and oceanic thunderstorms in producing red sprites and halos

Lu, Gaopeng1,2,3; Peng, Kang-Ming1; Xian, Tao4; Wang, Yongping1; Ren, Huan1; Tian, Ye5; Zhang, Mao1; Lucena, Frankie6; Zhang, Xiaoyang7; Huang, Xin1; Cheng, Zhengwei8

2022-09-12

10.3389/feart.2022.961566

FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE   Impact Factor & Quartile

2296-6463

The observations of transient luminous events from space-borne platform extend our exploration on the mysteries of sprite phenomenology from continental thunderstorms to oceanic thunderstorms. By combining with ground-based measurements of causative strokes for hundreds of red sprites observed by the Imager of Sprites and Upper Atmospheric Lightnings (ISUAL) during 2004-2016, there is a consensus that negative cloud-to-ground (CG) strokes spawned by oceanic thunderstorms are more readily to produce sprites. The existing ground-based observations in both Caribbean Sea and near the coast of South China, mainly due to the contributions from numerous amateurs, are generally consistent with the implications of ISUAL observations. However, the physical mechanisms that might cause the enhancement of negative CG strength in the ocean remain not completely understood. There have been analyses on several cases of oceanic thunderstorms abundant in producing negative sprites. It seems that the production of negative sprites heavily depends on the size of parent thunderstorms, and they are often generated by thunderstorm conditions that are also favorable for gigantic jets.

red sprites and halos oceanic thunderstorms cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning strokes impulse charge moment change (iCMC) charge structure of thunderstorm

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CAS Project of Stable Support for Youth Team in Basic Research Field[2019YFC1510103] ; Natural Science Foundation of China[YSBR-018] ; Chinese Meridian Project, and the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences["41875006","U1938115"] ; [183311KYSB20200003]

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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

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1.Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Hefei, Anhui, Peoples R China
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Anhui Inst Opt & Fine Mech, Key Lab Atmospher Opt, HFIPS, Hefei, Anhui, Peoples R China
3.Nanjing Univ Informat Sci & Technol, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Forecast & Evaluat Meteorol, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
4.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Peoples R China
5.Beijing Meteorol Observat Ctr, Beijing, Peoples R China
6.Caribbean TLE Observ, Cabo Rojo, PR USA
7.Guangzhou Power Grid Co Ltd, Guangzhou Power Supply Bur, China Southern Power Grid, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China
8.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, State Key Lab Space Weather, Beijing, Peoples R China

Lu, Gaopeng,Peng, Kang-Ming,Xian, Tao,et al. Contrast between continental and oceanic thunderstorms in producing red sprites and halos[J]. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE,2022,10.

Lu, Gaopeng.,Peng, Kang-Ming.,Xian, Tao.,Wang, Yongping.,Ren, Huan.,...&Cheng, Zhengwei.(2022).Contrast between continental and oceanic thunderstorms in producing red sprites and halos.FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE,10.

Lu, Gaopeng,et al."Contrast between continental and oceanic thunderstorms in producing red sprites and halos".FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE 10(2022).