28-29.12.2008 Storm

Monday, December 29, 2008

28-29.12.2008 Storm

We caught 19 Sprites, 1 Halo, and 1 Sprite + Halo during a Cyprus low cyclone. The synoptic map in the area is dominated by upper trough from East Europe (500hp) and a low pressure cyclone in the surface (850hp). CAPE values were 300-400 J/Kg and Vertical wind was 28-30 hp/hour.

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About us:

ILAN Science Team is an Israeli TLEs hunting project.

The sprite campaign began in 2005. Till now, we caught more then 100 TLEs (Sprites, Elves).
Our research is focusing on Modeling, measuring and quantifying electromagnetic radiation produced by lightning associated with Transient Luminous Events (TLE's).

We have three stations:

* Tel Aviv Univeristy, Tel Aviv, Israel.
* The Hebrew Univeristy, Jerusalem, Isreal.
* Wise Observatory, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel.

In this Blog we publish our results for other to see. other information can be found in our University's website:
http://tau-geo.tau.ac.il/ilan/Default.aspx

ILAN Science Team - Imaging of Lightning And Nocturnal flashes

Monday, December 29, 2008