Lightning Sprites, Jets, and Elves in the Yahoo! Directory

Red Sprites and Blue Jets
Dedicated to the upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms.
elf.gi.alaska.edu
FMA Research
Consortium of atmospheric scientists providing basic and applied consulting services to industry and government. Discusses their sprites and lightning research at Yucca Ridge Field Station.
www.fma-research.com
New Mexico Tech's Sprite Homepage
Studying the form of lightning discharges that develop at high altitudes and the diffuse regions of luminosity which occur high above energetic CG discharges.
ibis.nmt.edu/sprites/sprites.html
Sprites and Jets
NASA's page on these upper atmospheric flash phenomena.
umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/spd/sprites.html
Spirits of Another Sort: Thunderstorms Generate Elusive and Mysterious Sprites
NASA Science News article about the quick red flashes of light that appear above storm clouds.
science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd10jun99_1.htm
New Clues to Fleeting Flashes High in the Atmosphere
SPACE.com article describing the basics and mechanics of sprites.
www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/red_sprites_991208.html
High Altitude Lightning
Gallery of red sprites, blue jets, blue starters, and other upward lightning phenomena.
www.sprite.lanl.gov
Conjugate Sprites Project: Conjugate Observations of High-altitude Optical Emissions and Associated Lighting Activity
Description of the project and its experiments.
www-star.stanford.edu/~vlf/southafrica/southafrica.htm
Sprite Chasing From the Back Porch
Offers an introduction to the menagerie of strange, luminous, lightning-related flashes that dance high above thunderstorm tops and can be observed with the naked eye.
www.fma-research.com/Papers&presentations/spr-view-1.html
The Role of the Space Shuttle Videotapes in the Discovery of Sprites, Jets and Elves
Paper discussing how the late 1980s and early 1990s observations from the Space Shuttle helped further the understanding of sprites, jets, and elves.
thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/bookshelf/pubs/sprites.html
Sprites
Upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms that have only recently been documented using low light level television technology.
dsentman.gi.alaska.edu/html/sprites.htm
Very Low Frequency (VLF) Research Group - Stanford University
Investigating the Earth's electrical environment, lightening discharges, and the ionized regions of the Earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere.
www-star.stanford.edu/~vlf
Sky-Fire.tv: The Hundred Year Hunt for the Red Sprite
Features a short history of the discovery of sprites, tips on how to search for sprites and blue jets from the ground, pictures, and more.
www.sky-fire.tv/index.cgi/Sprites.html
What's Up There: A Brief History on the Discovery of Sprites, Jets, and Elves and How to Observe These Type Phenomena From Your Own Observing Location
Article by Otha H. Vaughan, Jr. and Walter A. Lyons.
www.knology.net/~skeetv/myobs.htm
Sprites and Elves
Upper atmospheric lightning phenomena observed from Langmuir Lab and Kennedy Space Center.
www.lightning.nmt.edu/sprites
George's Astronomical Observations: A Sprite
Features a photo of a sprite taken from the ground and analyzed in different ways.
www.gvarros.com/sprite.htm
NATO Advanced Study Institute on Sprites, Elves and Intense Lightning Discharges
Summer conference held in Corte, Corsica, France.
www.bath.ac.uk/~eesmf/SUMMER
Optical Measurements of Sprites and Elves at Stanford
Describes their instruments, the Fly's Eye, and their imaging campaigns. Also provides links to background and theory resources.
www-star.stanford.edu/~vlf/optical
Elves Triggered by Positive and Negative Lightning Discharges
Article by C. P. Barrington-Leigh and U. S. Inan.
www-star.stanford.edu/~vlf/optical/fly/elvesExtent.html
Coordinated Observations of Sprites and Other TLE From the Space Shuttle During the Meidex (PDF)
Research made possible by the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 crew.
luna.tau.ac.il/~peter/MEIDEX/Publications/Paper6/icae2003.pdf