A review of atmospheric electricity research in China from 2011 to 2018

X Qie, Y Zhang - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Atmospheric electricity research has been conducted actively in China, having profited from
the development and application of high temporal and spatial resolution lightning detection …

Numerical simulations of the region of possible sprite inception in the mesosphere above winter thunderstorms under wind shear

C Haspel, Y Yair - Advances in Space Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Transient luminous events (TLEs) is the collective name given to mesospheric electrical
breakdown phenomena occurring in conjunction with strong lightning discharges in …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating possible regions of delayed sprite inception above thunderstorms using piecewise-varying lightning discharge time dependence

C Haspel, Y Yair - Advances in Space Research, 2025 - Elsevier
The appearance of transient luminous events (TLEs) in the mesosphere is known to be
associated with strong (almost exclusively) positive cloud-to-ground (+ CG) strokes with …

The feasibility of a 3D time-dependent model for predicting the area of possible sprite inception in the mesosphere based on an analytical solution to Poisson's …

C Haspel, G Kurtser, Y Yair - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present a formulation for calculating the electric field from the ground to the lower
boundary of the ionosphere that is based on an analytical solution to Poisson's equation in …

The influence of symmetric and non-symmetric charge configurations on the possibility of sprite inception: Numerical experiments with a 3D electrostatic model

C Haspel, M Tzabari, Y Yair - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a simple, efficient, and flexible three-dimensional electrostatic model for
calculating the magnitude and direction of the electric field from the ground to the base of the …

Lightning parameters of sprites and diameter of halos over South Africa

DC Mashao, MJ Kosch, M Füllekrug… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) above thunderclouds have been previously
associated with variables such as the lightning Charge Moment Change (CMC), charge …

A gigantic jet observed over an mesoscale convective system in midlatitude region

J Yang, M Sato, N Liu, G Lu, Y Wang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Gigantic jets (GJs) are mostly observed over summer tropical or tropical‐like thunderstorms.
This study reports observation of a GJ over a mesoscale convective system (MCS) in the …

Simulated impacts of atmospheric gravity waves on the initiation and optical emissions of sprite halos in the mesosphere

J Zhang, Q Zhang, X Guo, W Hou, H Gao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2019 - Springer
The correlation between atmospheric gravity waves (GWs) and Transient Luminous Events
(TLEs) has been poorly studied using both synchronous observations and numerical …

Simulated Impacts of Two Adjacent Cloud-To-Ground Lightning Flashes on the Sprite Inception by Using a Three-Dimensional EMP Model

J Zhang, Q Zhang, J Gu - 2022 Asia-Pacific International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To evaluate the impacts of two adjacent cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning flashes on the sprite
inception, a three-dimensional (3D) EMP model is built in this paper using finite-difference …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the Researches of the Middle and Upper Atmosphere in China

C Zeyu, C Hongbin, XU Jiyao, H Kaiming… - 空间科学学报, 2020 - cjss.ac.cn
In this report we summarize the research results by Chinese scientists in 2018-2020. The
focuses are placed on the researches of the middle and upper atmosphere, specifically the …