2010 Workshop:Lightning Effects on Upper Atmosphere
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Lightning Effects on the Upper Atmosphere
Location, Date/Time and Duration
2 hours
Conveners
Ningyu Liu
Mark Stanley
Mike Taylor
Workshop Categories
Altitudes: MLT - Latitudes: global - Inst/Model: optical - Other: optical, radio, and modeling
Format of the Workshop
Short Presentations
Estimated attendance
30-40
Conflicts with other workshops or Requested Specific Days
1) Workshop on Lower-Upper Atmosphere Coupling (Mike Taylor convenes) 2) If possible, other "ionosphere" workshops
Special technology requests
1) Computer projector 2) Overhead projector
Description
This workshop will cover all aspects of coupling between lightning and the ionosphere/thermosphere/mesosphere system. Results from observational, theoretical and modeling studies regarding the energetic coupling of lightning activities with the upper atmosphere will be presented and discussed. Contributions on sprites, jets, elves, terrestrial gamma ray flashes, and related electromagnetic effects are welcome, as are those on related topics, such as the local and global effects of these processes, the characteristics of lightning responsible for these phenomena, and other related nonlinear electromagnetic wave/ionosphere interactions. We are also interested in developments of new observational instruments and remote sensing techniques as well as future observation campaigns. The workshop will be consisting of scheduled short presentations. Students are strongly encouraged to contribute to this workshop.
Speakers
Selected speakers at this workshop are:
- Steven A. Cummer, Mesospheric electric fields and charge associated with TLE initiation and development
- Erin Lay, D-layer thunderstorm-time electron density perturbations measured with high time and spatial resolution
- Ningyu Liu, Modeling of Sprite Streamer Chemistry
- Brant Carlson, Terrestrial gamma-ray flash production by lightning leader channels
- Sebastien Celestin, Monte-Carlo Models for Studies of Electron Runaway Phenomena in Air
- Sebastien Celestin, Corrections on Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Peak Electric Fields in Transient Luminous Events
- Burcu Kosar, Effects of Ambient Field and Altitude Variation on Exponential Growth Rate of a Model Positive Sprite Streamer
- Jianqi Qin, Study of the conditions for the emergence of sprite streamers from halo events with different polarities
- Sebastien de Larquier, Finite-difference time-domain modeling of infrasound from sprites and comparison with recent observations
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