Red sprites over thunderstorms in the coast of Shandong Province,China  

作　　者：YANG Jing QIE XiuShu ZHANG GuangShu ZHAO Yang ZHANG Tong 

机构地区：[1]Laboratory for Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation (LAGEO), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China [2]Laboratory for Climate Environment and Disasters of Western China (LCEDWC), Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2008年第7期1079-1086,共8页

基　　金：the Main Direction Program of the Knowledge Innovation of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-206);the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (Grant No. 40325013);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40774083)

摘　　要：Red sprites, different from lightning flashes occurring in the troposphere, are large and brief dis-charges which appear in the altitude range from about 40 to 90 km above large thunderstorms and are usually caused by cloud-to-ground lightning discharges (CGs). A total of 17 sprites over two thunder-storms were first observed during the summer of 2007. One of the sprites occurred on July 28 above a thunderstorm in Guan County and the center of the storm was about 272 km from the observation site. The other sprites were recorded at the late night of August 1 and in the early morning of August 2, and the storm center was about 315 km away. All of the observed sprites occurred in cluster, and their appearances were very different, including 'columniform sprites', 'columniform sprites' with angel-like wings, 'carrot sprites', 'dancing sprites', etc. The duration of the sprites varied from a minimum of 40 ms to a maximum of 160 ms with a geometric mean (GM) of 61 ms. The time delay between parental positive cloud-to-ground lightning flashes (+CGs) and the associated sprites varied from 3.4 to 11.8 ms with a GM of 7.1 ms. The ratio of the number of +CGs to the total number of CGs during the time period with sprites was 7 times larger than that when no sprites occurred. Sprites did not appear fre-quently at the time when the convective activity is strong but when the thunderstorm starts to become weak.Red sprites, different from lightning flashes occurring in the troposphere, are large and brief dis-charges which appear in the altitude range from about 40 to 90 km above large thunderstorms and are usually caused by cloud-to-ground lightning discharges （CGs）. A total of 17 sprites over two thunder-storms were first observed during the summer of 2007. One of the sprites occurred on July 28 above a thunderstorm in Guan County and the center of the storm was about 272 km from the observation site. The other sprites were recorded at the late night of August I and in the early morning of August 2, and the storm center was about 315 km away. All of the observed sprites occurred in cluster, and their appearances were very different, including ‘columniform sprites＇, ‘columniform sprites＇ with angel-like wings, ‘carrot sprites＇,‘dancing sprites＇, etc. The duration of the sprites varied from a minimum of 40 ms to a maximum of 160 ms with a geometric mean （GM） of 61 ms. The time delay between parental positive cloud-to-ground lightning flashes （＋CGs） and the associated sprites varied from 3.4 to 11.8 ms with a GM of 7.1 ms. The ratio of the number of ＋CGs to the total number of CGs during the time period with sprites was 7 times larger than that when no sprites occurred. Sprites did not appear frequently at the time when the convective activity is strong but when the thunderstorm starts to become weak.

关 键 词：雷暴 海岸 山东 中国 

分 类 号：P4[天文地球—大气科学及气象学]