Massive Outbreak of Red Sprites in South Asia Observed from the Tibetan Plateau

2025/03/17 by Hailiang Huang, Gaopeng Lu, Angel An +6 · 1 voice
Physics and Astronomy · Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena #Fire effects on ecosystems #Plant responses to elevated CO2

paper · doi:10.1007/s00376-024-4143-5

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• The ERA5 global reanalysis

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• On #WeatherObserversDay, we share this study where citizen scientists recorded 105 red sprites over South Asia in a single storm, the highest ever captured in the region. Their footage advanced resea [bsky, 7 points, 0 comments]