Electrometeor

Aurora in Rovaniemi in Northern Finland near the Arctic Circle

Electrometeors are meteors , i.e. luminous phenomena that are observed in the field of meteorology in the atmosphere on the earth's surface or in the sky. Unlike hydrometeors , lithometeors and photometeors , they are related to electrical charges . They can be visible as well as audible.

Phenomena

See also category Electrometeor

Electrometeors include:

• Airglow (night sky lights)
• Blue jets , goblins and elves
• Elmsfeuer
• Earthquake light
• Thunderstorm with lightning and lightning
• Air shower
• Northern lights
• Recombination lights from meteoroids or fireballs
• Cherenkov lightning bolts .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Electrometeors. In: Weather Lexicon. German Weather Service , accessed on July 5, 2016 .  
2. ↑ electrometeor. In: glossary. American Meteorological Society , 2012, accessed July 5, 2016 .  
3. ^ Electrical meteorological phenomenon. eumetcal.org - EUMETNET , archived from the original on July 30, 2014 ; Retrieved on July 5, 2016 (entry in a four-language glossary).