Lithosphere–Atmosphere–Ionosphere Coupling (LAIC) model–An unified concept for earthquake precursors validation

S Pulinets, D Ouzounov - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2011 - Elsevier
The paper presents a conception of complex multidisciplinary approach to the problem of
clarification the nature of short-term earthquake precursors observed in atmosphere …

Sprites produced by quasi‐electrostatic heating and ionization in the lower ionosphere

VP Pasko, US Inan, TF Bell… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Quasi‐electrostatic (QE) fields that temporarily exist at high altitudes following the sudden
removal (eg, by a lightning discharge) of thundercloud charge at low altitudes lead to …

Monte Carlo simulation of runaway MeV electron breakdown with application to red sprites and terrestrial gamma ray flashes

NG Lehtinen, TF Bell, US Inan - Journal of Geophysical …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
A three‐dimensional Monte Carlo model of the uniform relativistic runaway electron
breakdown in air in the presence of static electric and magnetic fields is used to calculate …

Heating, ionization and upward discharges in the mesosphere, due to intense quasi‐electrostatic thundercloud fields

VP Pasko, US Inan, YN Taranenko… - Geophysical Research …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Quasi‐electrostatic (QE) fields that temporarily exist at high altitudes following the sudden
removal (eg, by a lightning discharge) of thundercloud charge at low altitudes are found to …

Underlying mechanisms of transient luminous events: a review

VV Surkov, M Hayakawa - Annales Geophysicae, 2012 - angeo.copernicus.org
Transient luminous events (TLEs) occasionally observed above a strong thunderstorm
system have been the subject of a great deal of research during recent years. The main goal …

Space‐time structure of optical flashes and ionization changes produced by lighting‐EMP

US Inan, WA Sampson… - Geophysical Research …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Intense electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) released by lightning discharges produce bright
optical emissions at 80–95 km altitudes emitted in a thin (∼ 30 km) cylindrical shell …

Red sprites and blue jets: Thunderstorm‐excited optical emissions in the stratosphere, mesosphere, and ionosphere

DD Sentman, EM Wescott - Physics of Plasmas, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
Recent low light level monochrome television observations obtained from the ground and
from the space shuttle, and low light level color and monochrome television images …

Detecting excess ionizing radiation by electromagnetic breakdown of air

VL Granatstein, GS Nusinovich - Journal of Applied Physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
A scheme is proposed for detecting a concealed source of ionizing radiation by observing
the occurrence of breakdown in atmospheric air by an electromagnetic wave whose electric …

Electric fields and electron energies inferred from the ISUAL recorded sprites

CL Kuo, RR Hsu, AB Chen, HT Su… - Geophysical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Electron energies and the strength of electric fields in sprites are deduced for five selected
events, which were recorded by the space‐borne instrument called ISUAL (Imager of Sprites …

Mechanism of ELF radiation from sprites

VP Pasko, US Inan, TF Bell… - Geophysical Research …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Charge and current systems associated with sprites constitute a part of the large scale
atmospheric electric circuit, providing a context for physical understanding of recently …