SPRITE & TLE: IAGA 11th Scientific Assembly. August 23-30, 2009 in Sopron, Hungary

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IAGA 11th Scientific Assembly.
hosting institute: Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences


Division II

II01. Electrodynamical coupling from the troposphere to the magnetosphere related to thunderstorm electrical activity

Div. II

Twenty years ago, a process of “upward” transfer of electrical thunderstorm energy was discovered and named “sprites.” Since then, other forms of electrical energy transport to the upper atmosphere and space, also originating in thunderstorms, have been discovered. They can be broadly classified into different categories: the Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs), X-ray emissions, etc. They span the distance from the troposphere to the magnetosphere. Satellite observations of thunderstorm-related TLEs, TGFs, X-ray emissions, etc. have demonstrated that they are global phenomena. Thunderstorms can also be the origin of gravity waves, while recent results have also demonstrated that sprites can produce infrasound waves. This session welcomes papers on all the electrodynamical effects of thunderstorms on the upper atmosphere, their interaction with the local medium, chemical effects, generation mechanisms and parent thunderstorms, infrasound and gravity waves, magnetospheric effects, similar processes on other planets, and all types of associated phenomena. At the 2009 IAGA meeting we will celebrate 20 years of sprite research.

Convener: Colin Price, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel 69978; tel: +972-3-6406029; fax: +972-3-6409282; e-mail: cprice@flash.tau.ac.il <mailto:cprice@flash.tau.ac.il>

Co-conveners: Gabriella Sátori, Department of Aeronomy, Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute, Hungary; Fernanda T. São Sabbas, Aeronomy Division (DAE), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Brazil; Elisabeth Blanc, Laboratoire de Detection et de Geophysique, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), France

See:
http://www.iaga2009sopron.hu/index.html

Abstract Book

VLF OBSERVATIONS OF IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES IN ASSOCIATION
WITH TLES FROM THE EUROSPRITE-2007 CAMPAIGN
Samir Naitamor, M. A. Al Abdoadaim, M. B. Cohen
201-MON-O0900-0006

HALOS: A SOLUTION TO THE SPRITE POLARITY PARADOX
EARLE WILLIAMS, József Bór, Cheng-Ling Kuo, Gabriella Sátori, Robert Boldi, A.B. Chen, Eric Downes, R.R. Hsu, Walter A. Lyons, M. M. F. Saba and H.T. Su
201-MON-O0930-0789

TRIANGULATION OF SPRITES OBSERVED IN CENTRAL EUROPE IN 2007
JÓZSEF BÓR, Juraj Toth, Gabriella Sátori, Hans-Dieter Betz, Bálint Varga and
Ferenc Dombai
201-MON-O0945-0270

HOW TO SIMULATE SPRITE DISCHARGES IN LABORATORY AND
COMPUTER
Ute Ebert

LABORATORY STUDIES OF SPRITES IN GAS MIXTURES REPRESENTING
THE VENUSIAN AND JOVIAN ATMOSPHERES Daria Dubrovin, Sander Nijdam,
Edie van Veldhuizen, Ute Ebert, Yoav Yair, COLIN PRICE


ELF/VLF SIGNATURES OF SPRITE-PRODUCING LIGHTNING DISCHARGES
OBSERVED DURING THE 2005 EUROSPRITE CAMPAIGN
Eran Greenberg, COLIN PRICE, Yoav Yair, Christos Haldoupis, Olivier Chanrion
and Torsten Neubert