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Marshall & Inan 2005
Marshall, R.A. and Inan, U.S. (2005). High-speed telescopic imaging of sprites. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2004GL021988. issn: 0094-8276.

Telescopic video observations of sprites at high frame rates show very complex structures in both space and time, including bead and streamer-like formations and propagation. Observed streamers rarely persist for more than 1--2 ms, while observed beads persist up to tens of ms and do not appear to propagate in this data set. Additionally, images show that streamer-like channels often contain many bead-like structures. While the time resolution cannot directly observe propagation, images show that the so-called streamers presented here do seem to exhibit signs of propagation. These results are compared to previous measurements and discussed in the context of streamer modeling and laboratory streamers.

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Ionosphere, Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions, Atmospheric Processes, Atmospheric electricity, Atmospheric Processes, Lightning, Atmospheric Processes, Mesospheric dynamics
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Geophysical Research Letters
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