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Boeck et al. 1995
Boeck, W.L., Vaughan, O.H., Blakeslee, R.J., Vonnegut, B., Brook, M. and McKune, J. (1995). Observations of lightning in the stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 100: doi: 10.1029/94JD02432. issn: 0148-0227.

An examination and analysis of video images of lightning, captured by the payload by TV cameras of the space shuttle, provided a variety of examples of lightning in the stratosphere above thunderstorms. These images were obtained on several recent shuttle flights while conducting the Mesoscale Lightning Experiment (MLE). The images of stratospheric lightning illustrate the variety of filamentary and broad vertical discharges in the stratosphere that may accompany a lightning flash. A typical event is imaged as a single or multiple filament extending 30 to 40 km above a thunderstorm that is illuminated by a series of lightning strokes. Examples are found in temperature and tropical areas, over the oceans, and over the land. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Lightning
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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