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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

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 121 (21):12593-12611; 10.1002/2016JD025043 NOV 16 2016

Saharan dust electrification perceived by a triangle of atmospheric electricity stations in Southern Portugal

Silva, HG; Lopes, FM; Pereira, S; Nicoll, K; Barbosa, SM; Conceicao, R;

Neves, S; Harrison, RG; Pereira, MC

JOURNAL OF ELECTROSTATICS, 84 106-120; 10.1016/j.elstat.2016.10.002 DEC 2016

On the connection of *gamma-ray bursts* and X-ray flashes in the BATSE and RHESSI databases

Ripa, J; Meszaros, A

ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, 361 (12):10.1007/s10509-016-2960-4 DEC 2016

Unusually high frequency natural VLF radio emissions observed during daytime in Northern Finland

Manninen, J; Turunen, T; Kleimenova, N; Rycroft, M; Gromova, L; Sirvio,

Environmental Research Letters, 11 (12):10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/124006 DEC 2016

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The influence of bremsstrahlung on electric discharge streamers in N-2, O-2 gas mixtures

Kohn, C; Chanrion, O; Neubert, T

PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 26 (1):10.1088/0963-0252/26/1/015006 JAN 2017

The spectroscopy of individual terrestrial gamma‐ray flashes: Constraining the source properties (pages 11,346–11,363)

B. G. Mailyan, M. S. Briggs, E. S. Cramer, G. Fitzpatrick, O. J. Roberts, M. Stanbro, V. Connaughton, S. McBreen, P. N. Bhat and J. R. Dwyer

Version of Record online: 11 NOV 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022702

Detection of multiple terrestrial gamma‐ray flashes from thunderstorm systems (pages 11,302–11,315)

A. Ursi, M. Marisaldi, M. Tavani, D. Casella, P. Sanò and S. Dietrich

Version of Record online: 9 NOV 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JA023136

Magnetic field modification to the relativistic runaway electron avalanche length (pages 11,261–11,270)

E. S. Cramer, J. R. Dwyer and H. K. Rassoul

Version of Record online: 5 NOV 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022891

Characterization of initial current pulses in negative rocket-triggered *lightning* with sensitive magnetic sensor

Lu, GP; Zhang, HB; Jiang, RB; Fan, YF; Qie, XS; Liu, MY; Sun, ZL; Wang,

ZC; Tian, Y; Liu, K

RADIO SCIENCE, 51 (9):1432-1444; 10.1002/2016RS005945 SEP 2016

Temporal and spatial characteristics of *lightning*-produced nitrogen oxides in China

Guo, FX; Bao, M; Mu, YJ; Liu, ZP; Li, YW; Shi, HF

JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS, 149 100-107; 10.1016/j.jastp.2016.10.007 NOV 2016

Balloon measurements of the vertical ionization profile over southern Israel and comparison to mid-latitude observations

Yaniv, R; Yair, Y; Price, C; Nicoll, K; Harrison, G; Artamonov, A;

Usoskin, I

JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS, 149 87-92; 10.1016/j.jastp.2016.10.003 NOV 2016

Solar wind-atmospheric electricity-cloud microphysics connections to weather and *climate*

Lam, MM; Tinsley, BA

JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS, 149 277-290; 10.1016/j.jastp.2015.10.019 NOV 2016

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A Study of Preliminary Breakdown and Return Stroke Processes in High-Intensity Negative *Lightning* Discharges

Zhu, YA; Rakov, VA; Tran, MD

ATMOSPHERE, 7 (10):10.3390/atmos7100130 OCT 2016

Determination of Sprite Streamers Altitude Based on N2 Spectroscopic Analysis

A. Ihaddadene and Sebastien Celestin

Accepted manuscript online: 10 DEC 2016 12:30AM EST | DOI: 10.1002/2016JA023111

Evaluation of Monte Carlo tools for high energy atmospheric physics

Rutjes, C; Sarria, D; Skeltved, AB; Luque, A; Diniz, G; Ostgaard, N;

Ebert, U

GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT, 9 (11):3961-3974; 10.5194/gmd-9-3961-2016 NOV 8 2016

Measurement of the circular polarization in radio emission from extensive air showers confirms emission mechanisms

Scholten, O; Trinh, TNG; Bonardi, A; Buitink, S; Correa, P; Corstanje,

A; Hasankiadeh, QD; Falcke, H; Horandel, JR; Mitra, P; Mulrey, K;

Nelles, A; Rachen, JP; Rossetto, L; Schellart, P; Thoudam, S; ter Veen,

S; de Vries, KD; Winchen, T

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 94 (10):10.1103/PhysRevD.94.103010 NOV 23 2016

Chondrules: The canonical and noncanonical views

Connolly, HC; Jones, RH

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 121 (10):1885-1899; 10.1002/2016JE005113 OCT 2016

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WMO World Record Lightning Extremes: Longest Reported Flash Distance and Longest Reported Flash Duration.

Lang, T., S. Pédeboy, W. Rison, R. Cerveny, J. Montanyà, S. Chauzy, D. MacGorman, R. Holle, E. Ávila, Y. Zhang, G. Carbin, E. Mansell, Y. Kuleshov, T. Peterson, M. Brunet, F. Driouech, and D. Krahenbuhl,

Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0061.1, 2016

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Lightning climatology of exoplanets and brown dwarfs guided by Solar system data.

Hodosán, G; Helling, Ch; Asensio-Torres, R; Vorgul, I; Rimmer, P. B.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 461, p.3927-3947

doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw1571

Is lightning a possible source of the radio emission on HAT-P-11b?

Hodosán, G; Rimmer, P. B; Helling, Ch.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 461, p.1222-1226

doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw977

Global atmospheric particle formation from CERN CLOUD measurements

Eimear M. Dunne et al., Science, Vol. 354, Issue 6316, pp. 1119-1124

DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf2649

Anomalous diurnal variation of atmospheric potential gradient and air‐Earth current density observed at Maitri, Antarctica (pages 12,593–12,611)

K. Jeeva, S. Gurubaran, E. R. Williams, A. K. Kamra, A. K. Sinha, A. Guha, C. Selvaraj, K. U. Nair and Ajay Dhar

Version of Record online: 5 NOV 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025043

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The rarity of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes: 2. RHESSI stacking analysis

Smith, DM; Buzbee, P; Kelley, NA; Infanger, A; Holzworth, RH; Dwyer, JR

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 121 (19):11382-11404; 10.1002/2016JD025395 OCT 2016

TLEs and Early VLF Events: Simulating the important impact of transmitter‐disturbance‐receiver geometry

S. NaitAmor, H. Ghalila and M. B. Cohen

Accepted manuscript online: 22 NOV 2016 03:10AM EST | DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022791

*Atmospheric electric* field variations and lower *ionosphere* disturbance during the total solar eclipse of 2010 July 11

Tacza, JC; Raulin, JP; Macotela, EL; Norabuena, EO; Fernandez, G

ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH, 58 (10):2052-2056; 10.1016/j.asr.2016.01.021 NOV 15 2016

Possible role of aerosols in the charge structure of isolated thunderstorms

Pawar, SD; Gopalakrishnan, V; Murugavel, P; Veremey, NE; Sinkevich, AA

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, 183 331-340; 10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.09.016 JAN 1 2017

*Atmospheric Electric* Field Sensors Network Integration in Brazil

Magina, FC; Pinto, O; Naccarato, KP

IEEE LATIN AMERICA TRANSACTIONS, 14 (7):3056-3064; JUL 2016

A Case of *Lightning* Strike at 10 Years Old: 42 Years Later

Necrason, E; Black, J; Page, M

ARCHIVES OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 31 (6):645-645; 10.1093/arclin/acw043.162 SEP 2016

Studies on different geophysical and extra-terrestrial events within the *Earth*-*ionosphere* cavity in terms of *ULF*/*ELF*/*VLF* *radio waves*

Sanfui, M; Haldar, DK; Biswas, D

ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, 361 (10):10.1007/s10509-016-2873-2 OCT 2016

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Observations of two sprite-producing storms in Colorado

Lang, TJ; Lyons, WA; Cummer, SA; Fuchs, BR; Dolan, B; Rutledge, SA;

Krehbiel, P; Rison, W; Stanley, M; Ashcraft, T

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 121 (16):9675-9695; 10.1002/2016JD025299 AUG 27 2016

A highly sensitive field mill for registering weak and strong variations of the electric-field intensity of the Earth's atmosphere

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