Collaborative Research: Sprites Using High Temporal and Spatial Optical Imaging

这个合作项目的科学目标是提高对与精灵相关的详细物理过程的理解，以及它们对中间层和全球静电场的潜在影响。这将通过高空间和时间分辨率的光学观测（图像和光谱）来完成。夏季野外活动将在美国国家科学基金会赞助的HIAPER飞机上进行，以跟进2009年调查人员成功的精灵观测活动。将对观测结果进行分析，并与各种精灵模型进行比较。此外，与普林斯顿大学参与者的合作将涉及与精灵相关的实验室流光研究。

This collaborative project has the scientific objective of improving understanding of detailed physical processes associated with sprites as well as their potential impact on the mesosphere and the global electrostatic field. This will be accomplished by optical observations (images and spectra) with high spatial and temporal resolution. Summer field campaigns will be conducted on the NSF sponsored HIAPER aircraft to follow up a successful 2009 sprite observations campaign by the investigators. The observations will be analyzed and compared with various sprite models. Furthermore, collaboration with participants at Princeton University will involve laboratory streamer studies relevant to sprites.