This paper presents a literature survey on the recent developments related to experimental
and modeling studies of transient luminous events (TLEs) in the middle atmosphere termed …

An overview of the general phenomenology and physical mechanism of large-scale
electrical discharges termed'sprites' observed at high altitude in the Earth's atmosphere …

Recent progress in atmospheric plasmas has led to the creation of cold plasmas with ion
temperature close to room temperature. This paper outlines recent progress in …

Modeling studies indicate that double‐headed streamers originating from single electron
avalanches in lightning‐driven quasi‐static electric fields at mesospheric altitudes …

A full time-dependent kinetic study is presented for the main microscopic collisional and
radiative processes underlying the optical flashes associated with an impulsive (τ= 5 µs) …

It is by now well understood that large sprite discharges at the low air densities of the
mesosphere are physically similar to small streamer discharges in air at standard …

A particle code has been developed to study the distribution and acceleration of electrons in
electric discharges in air. The code can follow the evolution of a discharge from the initial …

Minimization of the power required to sustain weakly ionized plasmas can be achieved if the
energy of ionizing electrons is high, from tens to thousands of electronvolts. These electrons …

A study is conducted of the principal chemical effects induced by the passage of a single
sprite streamer through the mesosphere at an altitude of 70 km. Recent high‐speed imaging …

We suggest an approach for using microwave radiation in collisional, weakly ionized plasma
diagnostics when plasma dimensions are relatively small compared with the microwave …