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A Review of Current Issues in Lightning Protection of New-Generation Wind-Turbine Blades by Rachidi, F., Rubinstein, M., Montanya, J., Bermudez, J.-L., Rodriguez Sola, R., Sola, G., Korovkin, N.

“…The salient issues related to lightning protection of long wind-turbine blades are discussed in this paper. We show that the lightning protection of modern…”
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Highly dynamic gamma-ray emissions are common in tropical thunderclouds by Marisaldi, M., Østgaard, N., Mezentsev, A., Lang, T., Grove, J. E., Shy, D., Heymsfield, G. M., Krehbiel, P., Thomas, R. J., Stanley, M., Sarria, D., Schultz, C., Blakeslee, R., Quick, M. G., Christian, H., Adams, I., Kroodsma, R., Lehtinen, N., Ullaland, K., Yang, S., Qureshi, B. Hasan, Søndergaard, J., Husa, B., Walker, D., Bateman, M., Mach, D., Cummer, S., Pazos, M., Pu, Y., Bitzer, P., Fullekrug, M., Cohen, M., Montanya, J., Younes, C., van der Velde, O., Roncancio, J. A., Lopez, J. A., Urbani, M., Santos, A.

“…Thunderstorms emit fluxes of gamma rays known as gamma-ray glows 1 , 2 , sporadically observed by aircraft 1 , 3 – 7 , balloons 8 – 11 and from the ground 12 –…”
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Flickering gamma-ray flashes, the missing link between gamma glows and TGFs by Østgaard, N., Mezentsev, A., Marisaldi, M., Grove, J. E., Quick, M., Christian, H., Cummer, S., Pazos, M., Pu, Y., Stanley, M., Sarria, D., Lang, T., Schultz, C., Blakeslee, R., Adams, I., Kroodsma, R., Heymsfield, G., Lehtinen, N., Ullaland, K., Yang, S., Qureshi, B. Hasan, Søndergaard, J., Husa, B., Walker, D., Shy, D., Bateman, M., Bitzer, P., Fullekrug, M., Cohen, M., Montanya, J., Younes, C., van der Velde, O., Krehbiel, P., Roncancio, J. A., Lopez, J. A., Urbani, M., Santos, A., Mach, D.

“…Two different hard-radiation phenomena are known to originate from thunderclouds: terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) 1 and gamma-ray glows 2 . Both involve…”
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Aircraft Charging and its Influence on Triggered Lightning by Pavan, C., Fontanes, P., Urbani, M., Nguyen, N. C., Martinez‐Sanchez, M., Peraire, J., Montanya, J., Guerra‐Garcia, C.

“…This paper reports on a laboratory experiment to study the effect of vehicle net charge on the inception of a positive leader from an aircraft exposed to high…”
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Observation of intrinsically bright terrestrial gamma ray flashes from the Mediterranean basin by Gjesteland, T., Østgaard, N., Laviola, S., Miglietta, M. M., Arnone, E., Marisaldi, M., Fuschino, F., Collier, A. B., Fabró, F., Montanya, J.

“… We present three terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) observed over the Mediterranean basin by the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscope Imager…”
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Analysis of thunderstorm and lightning activity associated with sprites observed during the EuroSprite campaigns: Two case studies by Soula, Serge, van der Velde, Oscar, Montanyà, Joan, Neubert, Torsten, Chanrion, Olivier, Ganot, Michal

“…During the summers of 2003 to 2006 sprites were observed over thunderstorms in France by cameras on mountain tops in Southern France. The observations were…”
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Recent Results from Studies of Electric Discharges in the Mesosphere by Neubert, T., Rycroft, M., Farges, T., Blanc, E., Chanrion, O., Arnone, E., Odzimek, A., Arnold, N., Enell, C.-F., Turunen, E., Bösinger, T., Mika, Á., Haldoupis, C., Steiner, R. J., van der Velde, O., Soula, S., Berg, P., Boberg, F., Thejll, P., Christiansen, B., Ignaccolo, M., Füllekrug, M., Verronen, P. T., Montanya, J., Crosby, N.

“…The paper reviews recent advances in studies of electric discharges in the stratosphere and mesosphere above thunderstorms, and their effects on the…”
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Optical Signatures Associated With Streamers and Leaders of Laboratory Discharges by Arcanjo, M., Montanyà, J., Urbani, M., Lorenzo, V.

“…This work investigates the strongest optical emissions associated with long laboratory sparks (at the wavelengths of 337 and 777 nm) with the aim to understand…”
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Multi‐Stroke Positive Cloud‐To‐Ground Lightning Sharing the Same Channel Observed With a VHF Broadband Interferometer by Urbani, M., Montanyá, J., Velde, O. A., Arcanjo, M., López, J. A.

“…This work presents the first observation of a multi‐stroke positive cloud‐to‐ground lightning flash sharing the same channel to ground mapped with a very high…”
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Experimental investigation of the electrification of wind turbine blades in fair-weather and artificial charge-compensation to mitigate the effects by Fontanes, P., Montanyà, J., Arcanjo, M., Guerra-Garcia, C., Tobella, G.

“…Wind turbines are tall structures immersed in the electrified Earth's atmosphere. Even in fair-weather, a modern wind turbine can be subjected to several tens…”
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Electric field measurements at ground level as a basis for lightning hazard warning by Montanya, J., Bergas, J., Hermoso, B.

“…Fair weather electric fields are disturbed when a thundercloud is present. The evolution of electrification before first lightning strike gives one enough time…”
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Interpretation of ventilator curves in patients with acute respiratory failure by Correger, E, Murias, G, Chacon, E, Estruga, A, Sales, B, Lopez-Aguilar, J, Montanya, J, Lucangelo, U, Garcia-Esquirol, O, Villagra, A, Villar, J, Kacmarek, R M, Burgueño, M J, Blanch, L

“…Mechanical ventilation is a therapeutic intervention involving the temporary replacement of ventilatory function with the purpose of improving symptoms in…”
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Submicrosecond Spectroscopy of Lightning‐Like Discharges: Exploring New Time Regimes by Kieu, N., Gordillo‐Vázquez, F. J., Passas, M., Sánchez, J., Pérez‐Invernón, F. J., Luque, A., Montanyá, J., Christian, H.

“…Submicrosecond (0.476 μs per frame with an exposure time of 160 ns) high‐resolution (0.38 nm) time‐resolved spectra of laboratory‐produced lightning‐like…”
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Small-scale experimental simulation of lightning using vertical wires deployed by drones in the atmosphere: on the land and sea lightning peak current asymmetry by Montanyà, J., Fontanes, P., Arcanjo, M., Urbani, M., Williams, E.R., Romero, D., Horta, R., López, J., van der Velde, O., Pineda, N., Ortiz, E.

“…•Vertical wires deployed by a drone are used to simulate lightning at small scale.•Isolated wires are polarized under the atmospheric potential and discharged…”
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Recurrent Lightning Spots: Where Lightning Strikes More Than Twice by Sola, G., López, J. A., Montanyà, J., Pineda, N., Williams, E. R.

“…The expression “lightning never strikes twice” is questioned in this paper because, among the randomness of lightning impacts, some spots are hit even more…”
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Potential use of space-based lightning detection in electric power systems by Montanyà, J., López, J.A., van der Velde, O., Solà, G., Romero, D., Morales, C., Visacro, S., Saba, M.M.F., Goodman, S.J., Williams, E., Peterson, M., Pineda, N., Arcanjo, M., Aranguren, D.

“…•Operational space-based optical lightning detection provides new information useful for electrical power systems.•Flashes producing continuing currents can be…”
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Time and space correlation between sprites and their parent lightning flashes for a thunderstorm observed during the HyMeX campaign by Soula, S., Defer, E., Füllekrug, M., van der Velde, O., Montanya, J., Bousquet, O., Mlynarczyk, J., Coquillat, S., Pinty, J.-P., Rison, W., Krehbiel, P.R., Thomas, R., Pedeboy, S.

“…During the night of 22–23 October 2012, together with the Hydrology cycle in the Mediterranean eXperiment (HyMeX) Special Observation Period 1 campaign,…”
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High-speed intensified video recordings of sprites and elves over the western Mediterranean Sea during winter thunderstorms by Montanyà, J., van der Velde, O., Romero, D., March, V., Solà, G., Pineda, N., Arrayas, M., Trueba, J. L., Reglero, V., Soula, S.

“…We report the first intensified high‐speed video images of elves, sprites, and halos observed in Europe. All the events corresponded to winter season…”
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High Spectral Resolution Spectroscopy of Sprites: A Natural Probe of the Mesosphere by Gordillo‐Vázquez, F. J., Passas, M., Luque, A., Sánchez, J., Velde, O. A., Montanyá, J.

“…We present the first high spectral resolution (0.24 nm) spectra of sprites. These spectra were recorded in Europe in the summers and falls of 2015 and 2016 and…”
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Characteristics and conditions of production of transient luminous events observed over a maritime storm by Soula, S., van der Velde, O., Palmiéri, J., Chanrion, O., Neubert, T., Montanyà, J., Gangneron, F., Meyerfeld, Y., Lefeuvre, F., Lointier, G.

“…On the night of 15/16 November 2007, cameras in southern France detected 30 transient luminous events (TLEs) over a storm located in the Corsican region…”
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