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 …

Upper atmospheric transient luminous events (TLEs; sprite, elves, blue jet, etc.) are recently
discovered thunderstorm-induced phenomena. Imager of sprites/upper atmospheric …

A 3‐D finite difference time domain model is used to simulate the lightning electromagnetic
pulse (EMP) and its interaction with the lower ionosphere. Results agree with the frequently …

Detailed 2D hydrodynamic and quasi-electrostatic simulations of high-altitude discharges
driven by runaway air breakdown are presented for four cases, corresponding to sprites …

This review considers the different models that have been developed to explain a class of
phenomena that occur above lightning storms. These phenomena have been named elves …

A new two‐dimensional cylindrically symmetric electromagnetic model of the lightning‐
ionosphere interaction includes effects of both the lightning radiated electromagnetic pulses …

The attenuation of VLF signals from lightning and ground‐based VLF transmitters during
transionospheric propagation has been the subject of recent interest, as discrepancies have …

Following some lightning flashes from energetic thunderclouds, blue jets and red sprites are
observed in the atmosphere above the cloud and into the ionosphere. In order to understand …

Lightning discharges emit intense optical and acoustic energy, in the form of lightning and
thunder, respectively, but a large amount of energy is emitted as radio-frequency …

The time domain electric field produced by the model lightning discharges in the neutral
atmosphere is computed and its modifications due to geometrical changes of the stroke are …