Observation and interpretation of fast sub-visual light pulses from the night sky

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Sep 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989georl..16.1015n&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 16, Sept. 1989, p. 1015-1018.

Physics

Optics

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Atmospheric Optics, Electromagnetic Pulses, Light (Visible Radiation), Night Sky, Lightning, Oscillographs, Photometers, Rayleigh Scattering

Scientific paper

Fast large-aperture photometers directed at the zenith on clear nights near Minneapolis have recorded many light pulses in the msec time range, but aside from man-made events these were almost entirely due to Rayleigh-scattered distant lightning, with a residual very low rate (less than 0.1/hr) of unidentified pulses. It is argued that 1-msec light pulses seen in several previous experiments may also be mostly Rayleigh-scattered lightning, rather than fluorescent light due to electron precipitation from lightning-induced whistlers as previously proposed.

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