AE34A:
Thunderstorm Effects in the Near-Earth Space Environment II

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Victor P Pasko, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA, United States, Jean-Louis Pincon, LPC2E - CNRS, Orleans, France and Torsten Neubert, Technical University of Denmark - Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Primary Conveners:  Victor P Pasko, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA, United States
Co-conveners:  Jean-Louis Pincon, LPC2E - CNRS, Orleans, France and Torsten Neubert, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
OSPA Liaisons:  Victor P Pasko, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4:00 PM
 
Laboratory study of TLEs
Pavlo Kochkin1, Alexander Van Deursen1 and Ute Ebert2, (1)Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands, (2)Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica, Amsterdam, Netherlands
4:15 PM
 
The Origin of Infrasonic Ionosphere Disturbances Over Tropospheric Thunderstorm
Xuan-Min Shao, Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Erin H Lay, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States
4:30 PM
 
Beads: Long Lasting Stationary Optical Features in Sprites
H C Stenbaek-Nielsen1, Matthew G McHarg2, Ryan K Haaland3, Alejandro Luque4, Michael Jason Ahrns1 and Takeshi Kanmae1, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)United States Air Force Academy, Department of Physics, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, (3)Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, United States, (4)Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Granada, Spain
4:45 PM
 
Reconstruction of multiple ELVES with high time resolution and longer trace length at the Pierre Auger Observatory
Roberto Mussa, INFN - Sezione di Torino, TORINO, Italy and Aurelio Siro Tonachini, University of Torino , Italy, Torino, Italy
5:00 PM
 
On the Propagation of Streamers in Electrical Discharges
Jianqi Qin, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States and Victor P Pasko, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA, United States
5:15 PM
 
Initiation of Sprite Streamers from Natural Mesospheric Structures
Ningyu Liu, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, United States, Joseph R Dwyer, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States; University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States, H C Stenbaek-Nielsen, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Matthew G McHarg, United States Air Force Academy, Department of Physics, Colorado Springs, CO, United States
5:30 PM
 
A Comparison of Sprite Locations to Flash Structure
Mark A Stanley1, Thomas Ashcraft2, Paul R Krehbiel1, William Rison1, Harald E Edens1, Steven A Cummer3 and Walter A Lyons4, (1)New Mexico Tech, Langmuir Laboratory, Socorro, NM, United States, (2)Heliotown Observatory, Lamy, NM, United States, (3)Duke University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Durham, NC, United States, (4)FMA RESEARCH, INC., Fort Collins, CO, United States
5:45 PM
 
Locating Radio Noise from Sprites
Martin Fullekrug1, Andrew Mezentsev1, Robert Watson1, Stephane Gaffet2, Ivan Astin1 and Adrian Evans1, (1)University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, (2)LSBB, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Rustrel, France