@Article{PintoJrSPTNSTPH:2004:ThLiCh,
               author = "Pinto Jr., Osmar and Saba, Marcelo Magalhaes Fares and Pinto, Iara 
                         Regina Cardoso de Almeida and Tavares, Fernanda de Sao Sabbas and 
                         Naccarato, Kleber Pinheiro and Solorzano, Natalia Nunes and 
                         Taylor, M. J. and Pautet, P. D. and Holzworth, R. H.",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 
                         (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and 
                         {Utah State University} and {Utah State University} and 
                         {University of Washington}",
                title = "Thunderstorm and lightning characteristics associated with sprites 
                         in Brazil",
              journal = "Geophysical Research Letters",
                 year = "2004",
               volume = "31",
               number = "13",
                pages = "L13103",
                month = "Jul.",
             keywords = "southeastern Brazil, flash characteristics, red sprites, 
                         systems.",
             abstract = "A study of the thunderstorm and cloud-ground lightning 
                         characteristics associated with sprite events observed in Brazil 
                         is presented. The study is based on ground and aircraft sprite 
                         observations with high sensitivity intensified CCD cameras of six 
                         different thunderstorms, GOES satellite infrared images, radar and 
                         lightning network data. A total of eighteen transient optical 
                         events were recorded at three different days in 2002 and 2003, 
                         sixteen of which exhibited vertical structures typically 
                         associated with sprites. Four thunderstorms were associated with 
                         two different cold fronts, one with a Mesoscale Convective System, 
                         and one was a local isolated thunderstorm. The sprites occurred 
                         during time periods when the percentage of positive flashes was 
                         higher than the average percentage for the storm lifetime. The 
                         lightning associated with the sprite events was all positive 
                         flashes with a mean peak current higher than the mean value for 
                         all flashes in the storms.",
                  doi = "10.1029/2004GL020264",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004GL020264",
                 issn = "0094-8276",
                label = "self-archiving-INPE-MCTI-GOV-BR",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "grl18490.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "27 abr. 2024"
}