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A Novel Type of Transient Luminous Event Produced by Terrestrial Gamma‐ray Flashes
Wei Xu, Sebastien Celestin, Victor P. Pasko and Robert A. Marshall
Accepted manuscript online: 15 FEB 2017 05:30PM EST | DOI: 10.1002/2016GL072400
Determination of sprite streamers altitude based on N2 spectroscopic analysis (pages 1000–1014)
Mohand A. Ihaddadene and Sebastien Celestin
Version of Record online: 18 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JA023111
TLEs and early VLF events: Simulating the important impact of transmitter‐disturbance‐receiver geometry (pages 792–801)
S. NaitAmor, H. Ghalila and M. B. Cohen
Version of Record online: 3 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022791
Semianalytical Models of *Sprite* Formation from Plasma Inhomogeneities
Surkov, VV; Hayakawa, M
GEOMAGNETISM AND AERONOMY, 56 (6):724-732; 10.1134/S0016793216050145 NOV 2016
Bayesian techniques to analyze and merge *lightning* locating system data
Bitzer, PM; Burchfield, JC
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 43 (24):12605-12613; 10.1002/2016GL071951 DEC 28 2016
Schumann resonances at Mars: Effects of the day‐night asymmetry and the dust‐loaded ionosphere (pages 648–656)
S. Toledo‐Redondo, A. Salinas, J. Portí, O. Witasse, S. Cardnell, J. Fornieles, G. J. Molina‐Cuberos, G. Déprez and F. Montmessin
Version of Record online: 17 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071635
Investigating energetic electron precipitation through combining ground‐based and balloon observations (pages 534–546)
Mark A. Clilverd, Craig J. Rodger, Michael McCarthy, Robyn Millan, Lauren W. Blum, Neil Cobbett, James B. Brundell, Donald Danskin and Alexa J. Halford
Version of Record online: 21 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022812
A simple *lightning* assimilation technique for improving retrospective WRF simulations
Heath, NK; Pleim, JE; Gilliam, RC; Kang, DW
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 8 (4):1806-1824; 10.1002/2016MS000735 DEC 2016
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Analysis of a mesoscale convective system that produced a single *sprite*
Yang, J; Lu, GP; Liu, NY; Cui, HH; Wang, Y; Cohen, M
ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 34 (2):258-271; 10.1007/s00376-016-6092-0 FEB 2017
Electromagnetic Radiation of Simulated Mid-Gap Streamers
Montanya, J; Fabro, F
2016 33RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LIGHTNING PROTECTION (ICLP), 2016
Influence of Hydrometeors on Formation of Discharge between Artificial Thunderstorm Cell and Ground
Temnikov, AG; Chernensky, LL; Orlov, AV; Belova, OS; Lysov, NY;
Gerastenok, TK; Zhuravkova, DS
2016 33RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LIGHTNING PROTECTION (ICLP), 2016
Severe *Thunderstorm* Detection by Visual Learning Using Satellite Images
Zhang, Y; Wistar, S; Li, J; Steinberg, MA; Wang, JZ
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 55 (2):1039-1052; 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2618929 FEB 2017
Relationship between *lightning* activity and tropospheric nitrogen dioxide and the estimation of *lightning*-produced nitrogen oxides over China
Guo, FX; Ju, XY; Bao, M; Lu, GY; Liu, ZP; Li, YW; Mu, YJ
ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 34 (2):235-245; 10.1007/s00376-016-6087-x FEB 2017
Bipolar *lightning* flashes observed at the Santis Tower: Do we need to modify the traditional classification?
Azadifar, M; Rachidi, F; Rubinstein, M; Rakov, VA; Paolone, M;
Pavanello, D
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 121 (23):14117-14126; 10.1002/2016JD025461 DEC 2016
Bidirectional leader development in a preexisting channel as observed in rocket‐triggered lightning flashes (pages 586–599)
Xiushu Qie, Yunjiao Pu, Rubin Jiang, Zhuling Sun, Mingyuan Liu, Hongbo Zhang, Xun Li, Gaopeng Lu and Ye Tian
Version of Record online: 17 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025224
First Measurements of the Earth's Electric Field at the Arctowski Antarctic Station, King George Island, by the New Polish Atmospheric Electricity Observation Network
Kubicki, M; Odzimek, A; Neska, M; Berlinski, J; Michnowski, S
ACTA GEOPHYSICA, 64 (6):2630-2649; 10.1515/acgeo-2016-0096 DEC 2016
Effect of Wind Turbine Blade Rotation on Triggering *Lightning*: An Experimental Study
Wen, XS; Qu, L; Wang, Y; Chen, XY; Lan, L; Si, TJ; Xu, JW
ENERGIES, 9 (12):10.3390/en9121029 DEC 2016
Luminosity progression in dart-stepped leader step formation
Wang, D; Takagi, N; Uman, MA; Jordan, DM
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 121 (24):14612-14620; 10.1002/2016JD025813 DEC 2016
High-speed video observation of stepwise propagation of a natural upward positive leader
Wang, ZC; Qie, XS; Jiang, RB; Wang, CX; Lu, GP; Sun, ZL; Liu, MY; Pu, YJ
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 121 (24):14307-14315; 10.1002/2016JD025605 DEC 2016
A study of National *Lightning* Detection Network responses to natural *lightning* based on ground truth data acquired at LOG with emphasis on cloud discharge activity
Zhu, Y; Rakov, VA; Tran, MD; Nag, A
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 121 (24):14651-14660; 10.1002/2016JD025574 DEC 2016
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Measuring Method for *Lightning* Channel Temperature
Li, X; Zhang, J; Chen, L; Xue, Q; Zhu, R
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6 10.1038/srep33906 SEP 26 2016
SAFIR-3000 *Lightning* Statistics over the Beijing Metropolitan Region during 2005-07
Wu, F; Cui, XP; Zhang, DL; Liu, DX; Zheng, D
JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 55 (12):2613-2633; 10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0030.1 DEC 2016
Performance evaluation of an operational *lightning* forecasting system in Europe
Giannaros, TM; Lagouvardos, K; Kotroni, V
NATURAL HAZARDS, 85 (1):1-18; 10.1007/s11069-016-2555-y JAN 2017
The effect of El Nino and La Nina on *lightning* activity: its relation with meteorological and cloud microphysical parameters
Guha, A; Banik, T; Roy, R; De, BK
NATURAL HAZARDS, 85 (1):403-424; 10.1007/s11069-016-2571-y JAN 2017
Parallelization of 3-D Global FDTD *Earth*-*Ionosphere* Waveguide Models at Resolutions on the Order of similar to 1 km and Higher
Samimi, A; Simpson, JJ
IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS, 15 1959-1962; 10.1109/LAWP.2016.2545526 2016
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Venezuelan lake is a *lightning* hot spot
SCIENCE, 355 (6320):10-10; JAN 6 2017
Where Are the Lightning Hotspots on Earth?
Rachel I. Albrecht, Steven J. Goodman, Dennis E. Buechler, Richard J. Blakeslee, Hugh J. Christian
http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00193.1
A model of preliminary breakdown pulse peak currents and their relation to the observed electric field pulses (pages 596–603)
Petr Kašpar, Ondřej Santolík, Ivana Kolmašová and Thomas Farges
Version of Record online: 13 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071483
Simultaneous observations of optical lightning from space and LF band lightning waveforms from the ground
Hiroshi Kikuchi, Mitsuteru Sato, Tomoo Ushio, Takeshi Morimoto, Masayuki Kikuchi, Atsushi Yamazaki, Makoto Suzuki, Ryohei Ishida, Yuji Sakamoto, Ting Wu and Zen Kawasaki
Version of Record online: 25 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071783
Schumann resonances at Mars: Effects of the day‐night asymmetry and the dust‐loaded ionosphere
S. Toledo‐Redondo, A. Salinas, J. Portí, O. Witasse, S. Cardnell, J. Fornieles, G. J. Molina‐Cuberos, G. Déprez and F. Montmessin, Version of Record online: 17 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071635
On the role of ice‐nucleating aerosol in the formation of ice particles in tropical mesoscale convective systems
Luis A. Ladino, Alexei Korolev, Ivan Heckman, Mengistu Wolde, Ann M. Fridlind and Andrew S. Ackerman
Accepted manuscript online: 21 JAN 2017 02:00PM EST | DOI: 10.1002/2016GL072455
Effects of the March 2015 solar eclipse on near-surface atmospheric electricity
Bennett, AJ
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 374 (2077):10.1098/rsta.2015.0215 SEP 28 2016
Exceptional sequence of severe thunderstorms and related flash floods in May and June 2016 in Germany - Part 1: Meteorological background
Piper, D; Kunz, M; Ehmele, F; Mohr, S; Muhr, B; Kron, A; Daniell, J
NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, 16 (12):2835-2850; 10.5194/nhess-16-2835-2016 DEC 22 2016
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Production mechanisms of leptons, photons and hadrons and their possible feedback close to lightning leaders
Christoph Köhn, Gabriel Diniz and Muhsin N. Harakeh
Accepted manuscript online: 25 JAN 2017 04:06AM EST | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025445
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Dancing sprites: detailed analysis of two case studies
Serge Soula, Janusz Mlynarczyk, Martin Füllekrug, Nicolau Pineda, Jean‐François Georgis, Oscar van der Velde, Joan Montanyà and Ferran Fabro
Accepted manuscript online: 19 JAN 2017 06:50AM EST | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025548
Stratiform cloud electrification: comparison of theory with multiple in-cloud measurements
Nicoll, KA; Harrison, RC
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 142 (700):2679-2691; 10.1002/qj.2858 PT A OCT 2016
Statistical analysis of spatial and temporal variations in atmospheric electric fields from a regional array of field mills
G. M. Lucas, J. P. Thayer and Wiebke Deierling
Accepted manuscript online: 11 JAN 2017 02:10PM EST | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025944
WHERE ARE THE *LIGHTNING* HOTSPOTS ON EARTH?
Albrecht, RI; Goodman, SJ; Buechler, DE; Blakeslee, RJ; Christian, HJ
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 97 (11):2051-2068; 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00193.1 NOV 2016
Global distribution and properties of continuing current in lightning
Phillip M. Bitzer
Version of Record online: 18 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025532
The properties of optical lightning flashes and the clouds they illuminate
Michael Peterson, Wiebke Deierling, Chuntao Liu, Douglas Mach and Christina Kalb
Version of Record online: 13 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025312
A study of National Lightning Detection Network responses to natural lightning based on ground truth data acquired at LOG with emphasis on cloud discharge activity (pages 14,651–14,660)
Y. Zhu, V. A. Rakov, M. D. Tran and A. Nag
Version of Record online: 29 DEC 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025574
Luminosity progression in dart‐stepped leader step formation (pages 14,612–14,620)
D. Wang, N. Takagi, M. A. Uman and D. M. Jordan
Version of Record online: 23 DEC 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025813
High‐speed video observation of stepwise propagation of a natural upward positive leader (pages 14,307–14,315)
Zhichao Wang, Xiushu Qie, Rubin Jiang, Caixia Wang, Gaopeng Lu, Zhuling Sun, Mingyuan Liu and Yunjiao Pu
Version of Record online: 17 DEC 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025605
A statistical approach for site error correction in *lightning* location networks with DF/TOA technique and its application results, Lu, T; Chen, ML; Du, YP; Qiu, ZX
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, 184 103-111; 10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.10.009 FEB 1 2017
Numerical study on the effect of charge separation at low cloud temperature and effective water content on *thunderstorm* electrification, Tsenova, BD; Barakova, D; Mitzeva, R
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, 184 1-14; 10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.09.011 FEB 1 2017
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Initiation and propagation of cloud-to-ground *lightning* observed with a high-speed video camera
Tran, MD; Rakov, VA, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6 10.1038/srep39521 DEC 21 2016
Julius Elster and Hans Geitel – Dioscuri of physics and pioneer investigators in atmospheric electricity
Author(s): Rudolf G. A. Fricke and Kristian Schlegel MS No.: hgss-2016-14 MS Type: Review article
Available for download at: http://www.hist-geo-space-sci.net/8/1/2017/
McQuate, S. (2017), New way to gauge lightning’s role in ozone formation, Eos, 98, doi:10.1029/2017EO065893.
Modeling the high-latitude ground response to the excitation of the ionospheric MHD modes by *atmospheric electric* discharge, Fedorov, E; Mazur, N; Pilipenko, V; Baddeley, L, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 121 (11):11282-11301; 10.1002/2016JA023354 NOV 2016
Fractal Model of a Compact Intracloud Discharge. II. Specific Features of Electromagnetic Emission
Davydenko, SS; Iudin, DI, RADIOPHYSICS AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 59 (7):560-575; 10.1007/s11141-016-9723-5 DEC 2016
*Lightning* occurrence data observed with *lightning* location systems of electric power companies in Japan: 2009-2013
Shindo, T; Motoyama, H; Miki, T; Saito, M; Matsueda, A; Honma, N; Hida,
T; Shinjo, K; Hayashi, K; Awazu, H; Makabe, K; Fujikawa, M; Kurihara, S;
Sato, M, IEEJ TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 11 S28-S33; S2 10.1002/tee.22323 DEC 2016
Analysis of *lightning* hazards in India, Selvi, S; Rajapandian, S, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, 19 22-24; 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.08.021 OCT 2016
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A pipeline to link meteorological information and TGFs detected by AGILE
A. Ursi, P. Sanò, D. Casella, M. Marisaldi, S. Dietrich and M. Tavani
Accepted manuscript online: 24 DEC 2016 12:51AM EST | DOI: 10.1002/2016JA023137
Spatial variability of correlated color temperature of *lightning* channels
Shimoji, N; Aoyama, R; Hasegawa, W
Results in Physics, 6 161-162; 10.1016/j.rinp.2016.03.004 2016
*Lightning* world records
WEATHER, 71 (11):272-272; NOV 2016
Polarimetric radar characteristics of storms with and without lightning activity (JGR pages 14,201–14,220)
Enrique V. Mattos, Luiz A. T. Machado, Earle R. Williams and Rachel I. Albrecht
Version of Record online: 10 DEC 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025142
Bipolar lightning flashes observed at the Sentis Tower: Do we need to modify the traditional classification? (JGR pages 14,117–14,126)
Mohammad Azadifar, Farhad Rachidi, Marcos Rubinstein, Vladimir A. Rakov, Mario Paolone and Davide Pavanello
Version of Record online: 14 DEC 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025461
Follow Phenomenon of Breakdown Voltage in SF6 under *Lightning* Impulse
You, HY; Zhang, QG; Ma, JT; Qin, YF; Wen, T; Guo, C; Zhang, YX
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION, 23 (5):2677-2684; 10.1109/TDEI.2016.005738 OCT 2016
WWLLN *lightning* and satellite microwave radiometrics at 37 to 183GHz: Thunderstorms in the broad tropics
Solorzano, NN; Thomas, JN; Hutchins, ML; Holzworth, RH
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 121 (20):12298-12318; 10.1002/2016JD025374 OCT 27 2016
Variability and trends of annual and seasonal *thunderstorm* frequency over Bangladesh
Saha, TR; Quadir, DA
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, 36 (14):4651-4666; 10.1002/joc.4663 NOV 2016
Spatially adaptive probabilistic computation of a sub-kilometre resolution *lightning* climatology for New Zealand
Etherington, TR; Perry, GLW
COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES, 98 38-45; 10.1016/j.cageo.2016.09.010 JAN 2017
Field Measurements of Terrestrial and Martian Dust Devils
Murphy, J; Steakley, K; Balme, M; Deprez, G; Esposito, F; Kahanpaa, H;
Lemmon, M; Lorenz, R; Murdoch, N; Neakrase, L; Patel, M; Whelley, P
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 203 (1-4):39-87; 10.1007/s11214-016-0283-y NOV 2016
AC and DC global electric circuit properties and the height profile of atmospheric conductivity
Kudintseva, IG; Nickolaenko, AP; Rycroft, MJ; Odzimek, A
ANNALS OF GEOPHYSICS, 59 (5):10.4401/ag-6870 2016
Applications of Electrified Dust and Dust Devil Electrodynamics to Martian Atmospheric Electricity
Harrison, RG; Barth, E; Esposito, F; Merrison, J; Montmessin, F; Aplin,
KL; Borlina, C; Berthelier, JJ; Deprez, G; Farrell, WM; Houghton, IMP;
Renno, NO; Nicoll, KA; Tripathi, SN; Zimmerman, M
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 203 (1-4):299-345; 10.1007/s11214-016-0241-8 NOV 2016
Atmospheric electricity as a proxy for air quality: Relationship between potential gradient and pollutant gases in an urban environment
Silva, HG; Conceicao, R; Khan, MAH; Matthews, JC; Wright, MD;
Collares-Pereira, M; Shallcross, DE
JOURNAL OF ELECTROSTATICS, 84 32-41; 10.1016/j.elstat.2016.08.006 DEC 2016
Anomalous diurnal variation of atmospheric potential gradient and air-Earth current density observed at Maitri, Antarctica
Jeeva, K; Gurubaran, S; Williams, ER; Kamra, AK; Sinha, AK; Guha, A;
Selvaraj, C; Nair, KU; Dhar, A