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Analysis of Dynamics of Atmospheric Discharges Using Data on Cylindrically and Spherically Shaped Streamers

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The sequence of occurrences of different atmospheric discharges (lightning, elve, and blue jet) shown on video recorded onboard the International Space Station is analyzed. Experimental data on the formation of diffuse, corona, and apokampic discharges, with participation of cylindrical and spherical streamers, are employed for a comparison. The elve formation is conjectured to be initiated by extensive discharges in clouds with the subsequent formation of lightning short-circuited to the ground in this area. In this case, the lightning reaches the positively charged upper cloud layer. The dense plasma of the upper part of the lightning initiates the development of a blue jet, consisting of cylindrical streamers of the ionization wave.

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The author thanks the personnel of the laboratory of optical radiation of the Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, for collaborative work in research into gas discharges in a nonuniform electric field.

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This research was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (agreement no. 075-15-2021-1026 of November 15, 2021).

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Tarasenko, V.F. Analysis of Dynamics of Atmospheric Discharges Using Data on Cylindrically and Spherically Shaped Streamers. Atmos Ocean Opt 35, 164–167 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856022020154

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