Observation of angel sprites

H.T. Su; R.R. Hsu; A.B Chen; S.F. Chen; S.B. Mende; R.L. Rairden; Thomas Højgaard Allin; Torsten Neubert

doi:10.1016/S0964-2749(02)80231-1

Observation of angel sprites

H.T. Su, R.R. Hsu, A.B Chen, S.F. Chen, S.B. Mende, R.L. Rairden, Thomas Højgaard Allin, Torsten Neubert

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Angel sprites are column-like sprites, which are capped with diffuse hair regions and trailed by tendrils. This paper presents some interesting properties of the angel sprites observed in the SPRITES'99 campaign from Kitt Peak, Arizona. From the observed images, it is noted that there are faint columniform glows preceding the angel sprites, but not for other types of sprites. For the angle sprites, the top of the leading glows and the top of the tendrils roughly match in altitude, but the leading glows extend to lower altitude below the tendrils. At its brightest stage, the sprite streamers are topped with diffused hair regions and trailed by branches of luminous beads and smaller, fainter and slant side branches. These luminous beads and the side branches are the main components of the tendrils. Some sprites occurred at the same location separated in time by hundreds of milliseconds to a few minutes. In these recurrent sprite events, the earlier sprites seem to have some influence on the dynamical behavior of the later sprites.

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space weather study using multipoint Techniques : Proceedings of the COSPAR Colloquium
Editors	L.H. Liu
Publisher	Elsevier
Publication date	2002
Pages	289-294
ISBN (Print)	0-08-044057-6, 978-0-08-044057-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0964-2749(02)80231-1
Publication status	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes
Event	Space Weather Study Using Multipoint Techniques: COSPAR Colloquium - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 27 Sept 2000 → 29 Sept 2000 Conference number: 12

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Conference	Space Weather Study Using Multipoint Techniques
Number	12
Country/Territory	Taiwan, Province of China
City	Taipei
Period	27/09/2000 → 29/09/2000

Series	COSPAR Colloquia Series
Volume	12

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Su, HT, Hsu, RR, Chen, AB, Chen, SF, Mende, SB, Rairden, RL, Allin, TH & Neubert, T 2002, Observation of angel sprites. in LH Liu (ed.), Space weather study using multipoint Techniques: Proceedings of the COSPAR Colloquium. Elsevier, COSPAR Colloquia Series, vol. 12, pp. 289-294, Space Weather Study Using Multipoint Techniques, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China, 27/09/2000. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0964-2749(02)80231-1

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