Sprite Durations Measured With a Neuromorphic Sensor
Abstract Neuromorphic sensors have inherently‐fast speeds and low data rates, which potentially make them ideal for the observation of transient sources, such as lightning and sprites. Particularly, for remote observations. In this article, we report the first observations of sprites from the ground...
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| author | B. Smith M. G. McHarg C. L. daSilva R. G. Sonnenfeld J. Koile A. F. R. Leal I. R. Jones |
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| description | Abstract Neuromorphic sensors have inherently‐fast speeds and low data rates, which potentially make them ideal for the observation of transient sources, such as lightning and sprites. Particularly, for remote observations. In this article, we report the first observations of sprites from the ground with a neuromorphic sensor. These observations are accompanied by measurements with established instruments such as low‐light level and high‐frame rate cameras. We determine that neuromorphic sensors can capture sprites and determine their duration to an accuracy of roughly 6 ms. Average sprite durations were found to be 55 ms within our data set. We have also ascertained that sprites may be too dim for the neuromorphic sensors to resolve the internal spatiotemporal dynamics, at least without the aid of intensifiers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0f8672f90f054192b1332a5c55bbfefa2025-08-20T02:04:21ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072024-07-015113n/an/a10.1029/2024GL109353Sprite Durations Measured With a Neuromorphic SensorB. Smith0M. G. McHarg1C. L. daSilva2R. G. Sonnenfeld3J. Koile4A. F. R. Leal5I. R. Jones6Department of Physics & Langmuir Lab New Mexico Tech Socorro NM USADepartment of Physics U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Springs CO USADepartment of Physics & Langmuir Lab New Mexico Tech Socorro NM USADepartment of Physics & Langmuir Lab New Mexico Tech Socorro NM USADepartment of Physics & Astronomy Space Science Center (EOS) The University of New Hampshire Durham NH USADepartment of Physics & Langmuir Lab New Mexico Tech Socorro NM USAInternational Centre for Neuromorphic Systems Western Sydney University Werrington NSW AustraliaAbstract Neuromorphic sensors have inherently‐fast speeds and low data rates, which potentially make them ideal for the observation of transient sources, such as lightning and sprites. Particularly, for remote observations. In this article, we report the first observations of sprites from the ground with a neuromorphic sensor. These observations are accompanied by measurements with established instruments such as low‐light level and high‐frame rate cameras. We determine that neuromorphic sensors can capture sprites and determine their duration to an accuracy of roughly 6 ms. Average sprite durations were found to be 55 ms within our data set. We have also ascertained that sprites may be too dim for the neuromorphic sensors to resolve the internal spatiotemporal dynamics, at least without the aid of intensifiers.https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109353spriteslightningneuromorphic sensorevent based sensoropticalmesosphere |
| spellingShingle | B. Smith M. G. McHarg C. L. daSilva R. G. Sonnenfeld J. Koile A. F. R. Leal I. R. Jones Sprite Durations Measured With a Neuromorphic Sensor Geophysical Research Letters sprites lightning neuromorphic sensor event based sensor optical mesosphere |
| title | Sprite Durations Measured With a Neuromorphic Sensor |
| title_full | Sprite Durations Measured With a Neuromorphic Sensor |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Sprite Durations Measured With a Neuromorphic Sensor |
| title_short | Sprite Durations Measured With a Neuromorphic Sensor |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109353 |
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