Lightning and middle atmospheric discharges in the atmosphere

D Siingh, RP Singh, S Kumar, T Dharmaraj… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent development in lightning discharges including transient luminous events (TLEs) and
global electric circuit are discussed. Role of solar activity, convective available potential …

Simultaneous observation of ionospheric plasma bubbles and mesospheric gravity waves during the SpreadFEx Campaign

H Takahashi, MJ Taylor, PD Pautet… - Annales …, 2009 - angeo.copernicus.org
During the Spread F Experiment campaign, under NASA Living with a Star (LWS) program,
carried out in the South American Magnetic Equator region from 22 September to 8 …

Discharges in the stratosphere and mesosphere

D Siingh, RP Singh, AK Singh, S Kumar… - Space science …, 2012 - Springer
In the present paper salient features of discharges in the stratosphere and mesosphere
(namely sprites, halos, blue starters, blue jets, gigantic jets and elves), are discussed. The …

Advanced mesospheric temperature mapper for high-latitude airglow studies

PD Pautet, MJ Taylor, WR Pendleton, Y Zhao… - Applied …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Over the past 60 years, ground-based remote sensing measurements of the Earth's
mesospheric temperature have been performed using the nighttime hydroxyl (OH) emission …

Gravity wave and tidal influences on equatorial spread F based on observations during the Spread F Experiment (SpreadFEx)

DC Fritts, SL Vadas, DM Riggin, MA Abdu… - Annales …, 2008 - angeo.copernicus.org
The Spread F Experiment, or SpreadFEx, was performed from September to November
2005 to define the potential role of neutral atmosphere dynamics, primarily gravity waves …

Convection: the likely source of the medium-scale gravity waves observed in the OH airglow layer near Brasilia, Brazil, during the SpreadFEx campaign

SL Vadas, MJ Taylor, PD Pautet… - Annales …, 2009 - angeo.copernicus.org
Six medium-scale gravity waves (GWs) with horizontal wavelengths of λ H= 60–160 km were
detected on four nights by Taylor et al.(2009) in the OH airglow layer near Brasilia, at 15° S …

Periodic spacing between consecutive equatorial plasma bubbles

JJ Makela, SL Vadas, R Muryanto… - Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze three‐years of data collected by a field‐aligned airglow imaging system located
at the Cerro Tololo Inter‐American Observatory near La Serena, Chile to determine the …

Medium‐scale traveling ionospheric disturbances observed by detrended total electron content maps over Brazil

C Figueiredo, H Takahashi, CM Wrasse… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A ground‐based network of Global Navigation Satellite Systems receivers has been used to
monitor medium‐scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs). MSTIDs were studied …

Periodic waves in the lower thermosphere observed by OI630 nm airglow images

I Paulino, AF Medeiros, SL Vadas… - Annales …, 2016 - angeo.copernicus.org
Periodic wave structures in the thermosphere have been observed at São João do Cariri
(geographic coordinates: 36.5∘ W, 7.4∘ S; geomagnetic coordinates based on IGRF model …

Large‐scale traveling ionospheric disturbances observed by GPS dTEC maps over North and South America on Saint Patrick's Day storm in 2015

C Figueiredo, CM Wrasse, H Takahashi… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (LSTIDs) were detected in both Northern
and Southern Hemispheres over American sector during the geomagnetic storm on 17–18 …