Fast low-level light pulses from the night sky observed with the SKYFLASH program

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May 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.8775w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. D5, p. 8775-8783.

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Electromagnetic Pulses, Flash, Light Scattering, Night Sky, Polarized Light, Rayleigh Scattering, Electron Precipitation, Pulse Duration, Television Cameras

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This paper presents further discussion of and new data on fast subvisual increases in the luminosity of the night sky described in our previous papers. A detailed technical description of the simple telescopic photometers used in the project SKYFLASH and their mode of operation including the detection of polarized Rayleigh-scattered flashes is provided. Distant lightning storms account for many of the events, and the complex relations between short and long luminous pulses with and without sferics are shown by examples from a new computerized data system, supplemented by two low-light-level TV cameras. Of particular interest are the previously observed 'long' events having a slow rise and fall, 20-ms duration, and showing small polarization and no coincident sferic. A group of such events on September 22-23 during the invasion of U.S. coasts by Hurricane Hugo, is discussed in detail. The recently observed 'plume' cloud-top-to-stratosphere lightning event is suggested as a possible source type for these flashes. An alternative source may be exploding meteors, recently identified during SKYFLASH observations by low-light-level television techniques as the origin of some sky-wide flash events described herein.

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