Spritacular: Electrical Discharges Above Thunderstorms - Livestream

Spritacular is a community science project that aims to collect observations of sprites and other optical phenomena occurring above thunderstorms - collectively known as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs). TLEs have been frequently captured by storm chasers all around the globe with off-the-shelf DSLR cameras, however, they are sporadically shared over various social media platforms. In late 2022, we launched a NASA citizen science project with the goals of gathering these observations for research and building a community. The database generated from these observations serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, allowing them to find interesting cases, perform studies in conjunction with other scientific data, and conduct broad statistical studies. We aim to connect the public with scientists to ensure optimal exploitation of these observations. In this presentation, we will introduce the project and discuss TLE science!

Speaker: Burcu Kosar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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