Publications 

(since 2008)

2024

D. LiA. Luque, F. Rachidi, M. Rubinstein, T. Neubert, Y. Zhu, O. Chanrion, C. da Silva, and P. R. Krehniel, Propagation Effects of Slanted Narrow Bipolar Events: A Rebounding-Wave Model Study, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2023JD040497 (2024) doi: 10.1029/2023JD040497

A. Malagón-RomeroA. Luque, N. S. Shuman, T. M. Miller, S. G. Ard, and A. A. Viggiano,  Associative Electron Detachment in Sprites, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL107990 (2024) doi: 10.1029/2023GL107990 

I. Bjorge-Engeland,  N. Ostgaard, D. Sarria, M. Marisaldi, A. Mezentsev, et al., and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez,  Evidence of a New Population of Weak Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes Observed From Aircraft Altitude, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL110395 (2024) doi: 10.1029/2024GL110395 

S. Soler, F. J. Gordillo-VázquezF. J. Pérez-Invernón, P. Jöckel, T. Neubert, O. Chanrion, V. Reglero, N. Ostgaard, Supplement of Parameterizations for global thundercloud corona discharge distributions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 10225-10243, (2024), doi: 10.5194/acp-24-10225-2024-supplement 

S. Soler, F. J. Gordillo-VázquezF. J. Pérez-Invernón, P. Jöckel, T. Neubert, O. Chanrion, V. Reglero, N. Ostgaard, Parameterizations for global thundercloud corona discharge distributions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 10225-10243, (2024), doi: 10.5194/acp-24-10225-2024 

F. J. Pérez-Invernón, F. J. Gordillo-VázquezA. Malagón-Romero, P. Jöckel, Global and regional chemical influence of sprites: reconciling modelling results and measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 3577-3592, (2024), doi: 10.5194/acp-24-3577-2024 

I. Bjorge-Engeland,  N. Ostgaard, M. Marisaldi, A. Luque, A. Mezentsev, N. Lehtinen, O. Chanrion, A. Nodland Fuglestad, T. Neubert, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez  High peak current lightning and the production of elves.                 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2023JD039849 (2024) doi: 10.1029/2023JD039849 

2023

F. J. Pérez-Invernón, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, O. van der Velde, J. Montanyá, J. A. López-Trujillo, N. Pineda, H. Huntrieser, P. Valks, D. Loyola, S. Seo and T. Erbertseder, Lightning-produced nitrogen oxides per flash length obtained by using TROPOMI observations and the Ebro lightning mapping array, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL104699 (2023) doi: 10.1029/2023GL104699 

Li, D.,  Neubert, T.,  Husbjerg, L. S.,  Zhu, Y.,  Chanrion, O.,  Lapierre, J., A. Luque et al.                                                                                    Observation of blue corona discharges and cloud microphysics in the top of thunderstorm cells in cyclone Fani.                                                        Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,  128, e2022JD038328 (2023) doi: 10.1029/2022JD038328 


M. Passas-Varo, O. van der Velde, F. J. Gordillo‐Vázquez, J. C. Gómez-Martín, J. Sánchez, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, R. Sánchez-Ramírez, M. García-Comas and J. Montanya

"Spectroscopy of a mesospheric ghost reveals iron emissions"

"Research Highlight"

Nature Communications, 14 (2023) doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42892-1

A. Malagón-Romero, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez "Chemical activity of low altitude (50 km) sprite streamers"                    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128 e2023JD038570 (2023), doi: 10.1029/2023JD038570

F. J. Pérez-Invernón, J. V. Moris, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, M. Füllekrug, G. B. Pezzatti, M. Conedera, J. Lapierre and H. Huntrieser                             "On the role of continuing currents in lightning-induced fire ignition"     Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128 e2023JD038891 (2023), doi: 10.1029/2023JD038891


M. B. Teixeira-Gomes, F.J. Gordillo-Vázquez and A. Luque

"Collective dynamics of a dense streamer front"                                    Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 32, 9 (2023) doi: 10.1088/1361-6595/acf730


J. V. Moris, P. Álvarez-Álvarez, M. Conedera, A. Dorph, T. D. Hessilt, H. G. P. Hunt, R. Libonati, L. S. Menezes, M. M. Müller, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, G. B. Pezzatti, N. Pineda, R. C. Scholten, S. Veraverbeke, B. Mike Wotton, and D. Ascoli

"A global database on holdover time of lightning-ignited wildfires"            Earth System Science Data Discussions, 1--26 (2023) doi: 10.5194/essd-15-1151-2023


F. J. Pérez-Invernón, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, H. Huntrieser and P. Jöcke

"Variation of lightning-ignited wildfire patterns under climate change"

"Supporting Information"

Nature Communications, 14, 739 (2023) doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36500-5


D. Li , A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vazquez, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, L. S. Husbjerg, T. Neubert, O. Chanrion, G. Lu, H. Zhang, J. Han, N. G. Lehtinen, N. Østgaard and V. Reglero

"Different Types of Corona Discharges Associated With High- Altitude Positive Narrow Bipolar Events Nearby Cloud Top"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2022JD037883 (2023) doi: 10.1029/2022JD037883


T. Neubert, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez and H. Huntrieser

"Optical observations of thunderstorms from the International Space Station: recent results and perspectives"

npj Microgravity (2023) 9:12 ; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-023-00257-4

2022

S. Soler, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, A. Luque, D. Li, T. Neubert, O. Chanrion, V. Reglero, J. Navarro-González and N. Østgaard

"Global Distribution of Key Features of Streamer Corona Discharges in Thunderclouds"

"Supporting Information" 

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD037535 (2022) doi: 10.1029/2022JD037535


A. Malagón-Romero and A. Luque

"Streamer propagation in humid air"

Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 (2022) doi: 10.1088/1361-6595/ac969f


A. Schmalzried, A. Luque and N. Lehtinen

"Combined molecular and atomic potentials for elastic cross sections of electrons scattering off diatomic molecules at intermediate energies"

Physical Review A., 106 (2022) doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.106.032813


F. J. Pérez-Invernón, H. Huntrieser and J. V. Moris

"Meteorological Conditions Associated with Lightning Ignited Fires and Long-Continuing-Current Lightning in Arizona, New Mexico and Florida"

Fire 2022, 5, 96 (2022) doi:10.3390/fire5040096


D. Li, A. Luque, N. G. Lehtinen, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, T. Neubert, G. Lu, O. Chanrion, H. Zhang, N. Østgaard and V. Reglero

"Multi-Pulse Corona Discharges in Thunderclouds Observed in Optical and Radio Bands"

Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098938 (2022) doi:10.1029/2022GL098938


M. Passas-Varo, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, J. Sánchez, and N. Kieu

"Experimental Radial Profiles of Early Time (<4 μs) Neutral and Ion Spectroscopic Signatures in Lightning-Like Discharges"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD036553 (2022) doi:10.1029/2022JD036553


F. J. Pérez-Invernón, H. Huntrieser, T. Erbertseder, D. Loyola, P. Valks, S. Liu, D. J. Allen, K. E. Pickering, E. J. Bucsela, P. Jöckel, J. van Geffen, H. Eskes, S. Soler, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez and J. Lapierre

"Quantification of lightning-produced NOx over the Pyrenees and the Ebro Valley by using different TROPOMI-NO2 and cloud research products"

Supplementary Material

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 3329–3351 (2022) doi:10.5194/amt-15-3329-2022


A. Schmalzried, A. Luque, N. Lehtinen

"Enhancing higher-energy spectral resolution for electron particle simulations in air"

Computer Physics Communications, 108366 (2022) doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2022.108366


F. J. Pérez-Invernón, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, M. Passas-Varo, T. Neubert, O. Chanrion, V. Reglero and N. Østgaard

"Multispectral Optical Diagnostics of Lightning from Space"

Remote Sens., 14, 2057 (2022) doi:10.3390/rs14092057


D. Li, A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, C. da Silva, P. R. Krehbiel, F. Rachidi and M. Rubinstein

"Secondary Fast Breakdown in Narrow Bipolar Events"

Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (2022) doi: 10.1029/2021GL097452


F. J. Pérez-Invernón, H. Huntrieser, P. Jöckel and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"A parameterization of long-continuing-current (LCC) lightning in the lightning submodel LNOX (version 3.0) of the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy, version 2.54)"

Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 1-32 (2021) doi: 10.5194/gmd-15-1545-2022


J. A. López, J. Montanyà, O. van der Velde, D. Romero, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, A. Luque, C. A. Morales Rodríguez, T. Neubert, W. Rison, P. Krehbiel, J. Navarro González, N. Østgaard, V. Reglero

"Initiation of lightning flashes simultaneously observed from space and the ground: Narrow bipolar events"

Atmospheric Research, 268 (2022) doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105981

2021

F. J. Pérez-Invernón, H. Huntrieser, S. Soler, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, N. Pineda, J. Navarro-González, V. Reglero, J. Montanyà, O. van der Velde and N. Koutsias

"Lightning-ignited wildfires and long continuing current lightning in the Mediterranean Basin: preferential meteorological conditions"

Supplementary Material

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21 (2021) doi: 10.5194/acp-21-17529-2021


F. Liu, G. Lu, T. Neubert, J. Lei, O. Chanrion, N. Østgaard, D. Li, A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, V. Reglero, W. Lyu and B. Zhu

"Optical emissions associated with narrow bipolar events from thunderstorm clouds penetrating into the stratosphere"

Nature Communications, 12.1 (2021) doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26914-4


S. Soler, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, A. Luque, D. Li, T. Neubert, O. Chanrion, V. Reglero, J. Navarro-González and N. Østgaard

"Global Frequency and Geographical Distribution of Nighttime Streamer Corona Discharges (BLUEs) in Thunderclouds"

Supporting Information 

Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (2021) doi: 10.1029/2021GL094657


F.J. Pérez-Invernón, H. Huntrieser, F.J. Gordillo-Vázquez, S. Soler

"Influence of the COVID-19 lockdown on lightning activity in the Po Valley"

Atmospheric Research, 263 (2021) doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105808


D. Li, A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, F. Liu, G. Lu, T. Neubert, O. Chanrion, B. Zhu, N. Østgaard and V. Reglero

"Blue Flashes as Counterparts to Narrow Bipolar Events: The Optical Signal of Shallow In-Cloud Discharges"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126 (2021) doi: 10.1029/2021JD035013


T. N. Kieu, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, M. Passas-Varo, J. Sánchez and F. J. Pérez-Invernón

"High-Speed Spectroscopy of Lightning-Like Discharges: Evidence of Molecular Optical Emissions"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126 (2021) doi: 10.1029/2021JD035016


N. Østgaard, S. A. Cummer, A. Mezentsev, A. Luque, J. Dwyer, T. Neubert, V. Reglero, M. Marisaldi1, P. Kochkin, D. Sarria, N. Lehtinen, K. Ullaland, S. Yang, G. Genov, O. Chanrion, F. Christiansen, and Y. Pu

"Simultaneous Observations of EIP, TGF, Elve, and Optical Lightning"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126 (2021) doi: 10.1029/2020JD033921


H. Zhang, G. Lu, F. Lyu, S. Xiong, M. R. Ahmad, Q. Yi, D. Li, T. Xian, J. Yang, F. Liu, B. Zhu, Y. Pu, S. A. Cummer, M. S. Briggs and X. Qie

"On the Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes Preceding Narrow Bipolar Events"

Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (2021) doi:10.1029/2020GL092160


M. Heumesser, O. Chanrion, T. Neubert, H. J. Christian, K. Dimitriadou, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, A. Luque, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, R. J. Blakeslee, N. Østgaard, V. Reglero and C. Köhn

"Spectral Observations of Optical Emissions Associated With Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes"

Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (2021) doi: 10.1029/2020GL090700


F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, F. J. Pérez-Invernón

"A review of the impact of transient luminous events on the atmospheric chemistry: Past, present, and future"

Atmospheric Research, 252 (2021) doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105432

2020

A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, D. Li, A. Malagón-Romero, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, A. Schmalzried, S. Soler, O. Chanrion, M. Heumesser, T. Neubert, V. Reglero and N. Østgaard

"Modeling lightning observations from space-based platforms (CloudScat.jl 1.0)"

Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 5549–5566 (2020) doi: 10.5194/gmd-13-5549-2020


H. C. Stenbaek‐Nielsen, M. G. McHarg, R. Haaland and A. Luque

"Optical Spectra of Small‐Scale Sprite Features Observed at 10,000 fps"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2020JD033170 (2020) doi: 10.1029/2020JD033170


T. N. Kieu, F. J. Gordillo‐Vázquez, M. Passas-Varo, J. Sánchez, F. J. Pérez‐Invernón, A. Luque, J. Montanyá and H. Christian

"Submicrosecond Spectroscopy of Lightning‐Like Discharges: Exploring New Time Regimes"

Supporting Information

Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL088755 (2020) doi:10.1029/2020GL088755


S. Soler, F. J. Pérez‐Invernón, F. J. Gordillo‐Vázquez, A. Luque, D. Li, A. Malagón‐Romero, T. Neubert, O. Chanrion, V. Reglero, J. Navarro‐González, G. Lu, H. Zhang, A. Huang and N. Østgaard

"Blue Optical Observations of Narrow Bipolar Events by ASIM Suggest Corona Streamer Activity in Thunderstorms"

"Editor's Highlights"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2020JD032708 (2020) doi:10.1029/2020JD032708


F. J. Pérez‐Invernón, A. Malagón‐Romero, F. J. Gordillo‐Vázquez and A. Luque

"The Contribution of Sprite Streamers to the Chemical Composition of the Mesosphere‐Lower Thermosphere"

Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (2020) doi:10.1029/2020GL088578


A. Schmalzried and A. Luque

"Influence of Elastic Scattering on Electron Swarm Distribution in Electrified Gases"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125 (2020) doi:10.1029/2019JD031564


D. Li, F. Liu, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, G. Lu, Z. Qin, B. Zhu and A. Luque

"On the Accuracy of Ray-Theory Methods to Determine the Altitudes of Intracloud Electric Discharges and Ionospheric Reflections: Application to Narrow Bipolar Events"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125 (2020) doi: 10.1029/2019JD032099


T. Hoder, Z. Bonaventura, V. Prukner, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez and M. Simek

"Emerging and expanding streamer head in low-pressure air"

Plasma Sources Sci. Technol., 29, (2020) doi: 10.1029/2019GL085776


D. Li, A. Luque, F. Rachidi, M. Rubinstein, M. Azadifar, G. Diendorfer and H. Pichler

"The propagation effects of lightning electromagnetic fields over mountainous terrain in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124 (2020) doi: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab7087

2019

A. Malagón-Romero, J. Tenuissen, H. C. Stenbaek-Nielsen, M. G. McHarg, U. Ebert and A. Luque

"On the Emergence Mechanism of Carrot Sprites"

"Supplementary Information"

Geophysical Research Letters, 47, (2019) doi: 10.1029/2019GL085776


F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, H. Huntrieser and A. K. Smith

"Comparison of six lightning parameterizations in CAM5 and the impact on global atmospheric chemistry"

"Supplementary Information"

Earth and Space Science, 6 (2019) doi: 10.1029/2019EA000873


M. González, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez and A. Luque

"Macroscopical model of streamer coronas around a spherical electrode"

Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28 115007-115020 (2019) doi: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab4e7a


M. Passas-Varo, J. Sánchez, T.N. Kieu, E. Sánchez-Blanco and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"GALIUS: an ultrafast imaging spectrograph for the study of lightning"

Applied Optics 58, 8002-8006 (2019) doi: 10.1364/AO.58.008002


A. Malagón-Romero, F. J. Pérez-Invernón, A. Luque and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Analysis of the Spatial Nonuniformity of the Electric Field in Spectroscopic Diagnostic Methods of Atmospheric Electricity Phenomena"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124 (2019) doi: 10.1029/2019JD030945


H. Ren, Y. Tian, G. Lu, Y. Zhang, Y. Fan, R. Jiang, M. Liu, D. Li, X. Li, X. Qie

"Examining the influence of current waveform on the lightning electromagnetic field at the altitude of halo formation"

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 189, 114-122 (2019) doi: 10.1016/j.jastp.2019.04.010


A. Mostajabi, D. Li, M. Azadifar, F. Rachidi, M. Rubinstein, G. Diendorfer, W. Schulz, H. Pichler, V. A. Rakov, D. Pavanello

"Analysis of a bipolar upward lightning flash based on simultaneous records of currents and 380-km distant electric fields"

Electric Power Systems Research 174 105845 (2019) doi: 10.1016/j.epsr.2019.04.023


A. Malagón-Romero and A. Luque

"Spontaneous Emergence of Space Stems Ahead of Negative Leaders in Lightning and Long Sparks"

Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (2019) doi: 10.1029/2019GL082063


X. Li, G. Lu, Y. Fan, R. Jiang, H. Zhang, D. Li, M. Liu, Y. Wang and H. Ren

"Underground Measurement of Magnetic Field Pulses During the Early Stage of Rocket-Triggered Lightning"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 3168-3179. (2019) doi: 10.1029/2018JD029682


F. J. Pérez-Invernón, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, A. K. Smith, E. Arnone and H. Winkler

"Global Occurrence and Chemical Impact of Stratospheric Blue Jets Modeled With WACCM4"

"Supplementary information"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124 (2019) doi: 10.1029/2018JD029593

2018

F. J. Pérez-Invernón, A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, M. Sato, T. Ushio, T. Adachi and A. B. Chen

"Spectroscopic Diagnostic of Halos and Elves Detected From Space-Based Photometers"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 (2018) doi: 10.1029/2018JD029053


D. Sarria, C. Rutjes, G. Diniz, A. Luque, K.M.A. Ihaddadene, J.R. Dwyer, N. Østgaard, A.B. Skeltved, I.S. Ferreira and U. Ebert

"Evaluation of Monte Carlo Tools for High-Energy Atmospheric Physics II: Relativistic Runaway Electron Avalanches"

Geosci. Model Dev., 11 (2018) doi: 10.5194/gmd-11-4515-2018


B. Bagheri, J. Teunissen, U. Ebert, M.M. Becker, S. Chen, O. Ducasse, O. Eichwald, D. Loffhagen, A. Luque, D. Mihailova, J.M. Plewa, J. van Dijk and M. Yousfi

"Comparison of Six Simulation Codes for Positive Streamers in Air"

Plasma Sources Sci. Technol., 27 (2018) doi: 10.1088/1361-6595/aad768


F. J. Pérez-Invernón, A. Luque and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Modeling the Chemical Impact and the Optical Emissions Produced by Lightning-Induced Electromagnetic Fields in the Upper Atmosphere: The case of Halos and Elves Triggered by Different Lightning Discharges"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 (2018) doi: 10.1029/2017JD028235


F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, M. Passas, A. Luque, J. Sánchez, O. van der Velde and J. Montanyà

"High Spectral Resolution Spectroscopy of Sprites: A Natural Probe of the Mesosphere"

"Supplementary information"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 (2018) doi: 10.1002/2017JD028126


A. Malagón-Romero and A. Luque

"A domain-decomposition method to implement electrostatic free boundary conditions in electric discharges"

Computer Physics Communications 225, 114-121 (2018) doi: 10.17632/x7f6czrnsh.1

2017

A. Mezentsev, N. G. Lehtinen, N. Østgaard and F. J. Pérez-Invernón

"Spectral Characteristics of VLF Sferics Associated With RHESSI TGFs"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 (2017) doi: 10.1002/2017JD027624


A. Luque, M. González and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Streamer discharges as advancing imperfect conductors: inhomogeneities in long ionized channels"

Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 26 125006 (17pp) (2017) doi: 10.1088/1361-6595/aa987a


F. J. Pérez-Invernón, N. G. Lehtinen, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez and A. Luque

"Whistler wave propagation through the ionosphere of Venus"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122 (2017) doi: 10.1002/2017JA024504


A. Luque

"Radio frequency electromagnetic radiation from streamer collisions"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122, 10,497 - 10,509 (2017) doi: 10.1002/2017JD027157


F. J. Pérez-Invernón, A. Luque and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Three-dimensional modeling of lightning-induced electromagnetic pulses on Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn"

J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 122, 7636 - 7653, (2017) doi:10.1002/2017JA023989

2016

C. Rutjes, D. Sarria, A.B. Skeltved, A. Luque, G. Diniz, N. Østgaard and U. Ebert

"Evaluation of Monte Carlo Tools for High-Energy Atmospheric Physics"

Geosci. Model Dev., 9 (2016) doi: 10.5194/gmd-9-3961-2016


M. Passas-Varo, J. Sánchez, E. Sánchez-Blanco, A. Luque and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"GRASSP: a spectrograph for the study of transient luminous events"

Front Cover

Applied Optics, 55, 23, 6436-6442 (2016) doi:10.1364/AO.55.006436


F. J. Pérez-Invernón, A. Luque and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Mesospheric optical signatures of possible lightning on Venus"

J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121 (2016) doi:10.1002/2016JA022886


T. Hoder, M. Simek, Z. Bonaventura, V. Prukner and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Radially and temporally resolved electric field of positive streamers in air and modelling of the induced plasma chemistry"

Plasma Sources Sci. Technol, 25 (2016) doi:10.1088/0963-0252/25/4/045021


F. J. Pérez-Invernón, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez and A. Luque

"On the electrostatic field created at ground level by a halo"

Geophysical Research Letters, 43 (2016) doi:10.1002/2016GL069590


F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, A. Luque, and C. Haldoupis

"Upper D region chemical kinetic modeling of LORE relaxation times"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (2016) doi: 10.1002/2015JA021408


A. Luque, H. C. Stenbaek-Nielsen, M. G. McHarg and R. K. Haaland

"Sprite beads and glows arising from the attachment instability in streamer channels"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 121, Issue 3 (2016), pp 2431–2449 doi: 10.1002/2015JA022234


C. Helling, R. G. Harrison, F. Honary, D. A. Diver, K. Aplin, I. Dobbs-Dixon, U. Ebert, S. Inutsuka, F. J. Gordillo-Vazquez and S. Littlefair

"Atmospheric electrification in dusty, reactive gases in the solar system and beyond"

Surv Geophys vol First online, pp. 1-52 (2016)doi: 10.1007/s10712-016-9361-7


M. Passas-Varo, J. M. Madiedo and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez 

"High resolution spectroscopy of an Orionid meteor from 700 to 800 nm"

Icarus 266 (2016) 134–141

2015

A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez and E. Pallé

"Ground-based search for lightning in Jupiter with GTC/OSIRIS fast photometry and tunable filters (Research Note)"

Astronomy and Astrophysics (2015), 577, A94, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425406


F.C. Parra-Rojas, A. Luque and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez 

"Chemical and thermal impact of sprite streamers in the Earth mesosphere"

Supporting information

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (2015), 120, 10, doi:10.1002/2014JA020933

2014

A. Luque, D. Dubrovin, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, U. Ebert, F. C. Parra-Rojas, Y. Yair and C. Price

"Coupling between atmospheric layers in gaseous giant planets due to lightning-generated electromagnetic pulses"

J. Geophysical Research: Space Physics 119 (2014), 8705-8720, doi:10.1002/2014JA020457


M. Passas-Varo, J. Sánchez, A. Luque and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Transient Upper Atmospheric Plasmas: Sprites and Halos"

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol 42, doi: 10.1109/TPS.2014.2329320


D. Dubrovin, A. Luque, F.J. Gordillo-Vázquez ,Y. Yair, F.C. Parra-Rojas, U. Ebert and C. Price

"Impact of lightning on the lower ionosphere of Saturn and possible generation of halos and sprites"

Icarus 241 (2014) 313–328


A. H. Markosyan, A. Luque, F.J. Gordillo-Vázquez and U. Ebert

"PumpKin: A tool to find principal pathways in plasma chemical models"

Computer Physics Communications 185 (2014) 2697–2702


A. Luque and U. Ebert

"Growing discharge trees with self-consistent charge transport: the collective dynamics of streamers"

New Journal of Physics (2014), vol. 16, p. 013039, doi:10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/013039


A. Luque

"Relativistic Runaway Ionization Fronts"

Physical Review Letters (2014), vol. 112 (4), p. 045003, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.045003

2013

F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, A. Luque

"Preface to the Special Issue on Thunderstorm Effects in the Atmosphere-Ionosphere System"

Surveys in Geophysics (2013), vol. 34, pp. 697 - 700, doi: 10.1007/s10712-013-9256-9


F. C. Parra-Rojas, M. Passas-Varo, E. Carrasco, A. Luque, I. Tanarro, M. Simek and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Spectroscopic diagnostics of laboratory air plasmas as a benchmark for spectral rotational (gas) temperature determination in TLEs"

J. Geophysical Research: Space Physics: 118 (2013) 4649–4661, doi:10.1002/jgra.50433


F. C. Parra-Rojas, A. Luque and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Chemical and electrical impact of lightning on the Earth mesosphere: The case of sprite halos"

J. Geophysical Research: Space Physics 118 (2013)1–25, doi:10.1002/jgra.50449


J. de Urquijo, A. Bekstein, G. Ruiz-Vargas and F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Drift and clustering of daugther negative ions of H2O in parent gas"

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46 (2013) 035201, doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/3/035201

2012

F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, A. Luque, M. Simek

"Near infrared and ultraviolet spectra of TLEs"

Journal of Geophysical Research (2012),VOL. 117, A05329, 10.1029/2012JA017516, 2012


A. Luque, U. Ebert

"Density models for streamer discharges: beyond cylindrical symmetry and homogeneous media"

Journal of Computational Physics (2012), doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2011.04.019


J. I. Apiñaniz, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez and R. Martínez

"Ion energy distributions in laser-produced plasmas with two collinear pulses"

Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 21 (2012) 015016, doi:10.1088/0963-0252/21/1/015016


A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Mesospheric electric breakdown and delayed sprite ignition caused by electron detachment"

"Supplementary information"

Nature Geoscience, vol 5, 22 - 25 (2012), doi: 10.1038/ngeo1314

2011

A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Mesospheric electric breakdown and delayed sprite ignition caused by electron detachment"

"Supplementary information"

Nature Geoscience, online publication, doi: 10.1038/NGEO1314, 2011


A. Luque, U. Ebert

"Electron density fluctuations accelerate the branching of positive streamer discharges in air"

Physical Review E 84, 046411, 2011


F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, A. Luque, M. Simek

"Spectrum of sprite halos"

Journal of Geophysical Research:Space Physics, 116, A09319, doi:10.1029/2011JA016652, 2011


A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Sprite beads originating from inhomogeneities in the mesospheric electron density"

Geophysical Research Letters VOL. 38, L04808, doi:10.1029/2010GL046403, 2011


A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

"Modelling and analysis of N2 (B3Pg) and N2 (C3Pu) vibrational distributions in sprites"

Journal Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 116, A02306, doi:10.1029/2010JA015952, 2011


U. Ebert, F. Brau, G. Derks, W. Hundsdorfer, C.-Y. Kao, C. Li, A. Luque, B. Meulenbroek, S. Nijdam, V. Ratushnaya, L. Schäfer, S. Tanveer

"Multiple scales in streamer discharges, with an emphasis on moving boundary approximations"

Nonlinearity, 24, p. C1, 2011

2010

F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

“Vibrational kinetics of air plasmas produced by sprites”                      

Journal Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 115, A00E25, doi: 10.1029/2009JA014688, 2010


F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, A. Luque

“Electrical conductivity in sprite streamer channels”

Geophysical Research Letters 37, L16809, doi: 10.1029/2010GL044349, 2010


J. de Urquijo, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

“Comment on “NOx production in laboratory discharges simulating blue jets and red sprites”

Journal Geophysical Research: Space Physics, doi: 10.1029/2010JA015966, 2010


G. Wormeester, S. Pancheshnyi, A. Luque, S. Nijdam, U. Ebert

“Probing photo-ionization: simulations of positive streamers in varying N2:O2 - mixtures”

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 43, p. 505201, 2010


A. Luque, U. Ebert

"Sprites in varying air density: Charge conservation, glowing negative trails and changing velocity"

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 37, L06806, doi:10.1029/2009GL041982, 2010


U.Ebert, S. Nijdam, C. Li, A. Luque, T.Briels, E.Veldhuizen

"Review of recent results on streamer discharges and discussion of their relevance for sprites and lightning"

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 115, A00E43, doi:10.1029/2009JA014867, 2010

2009

F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez, Z. Donkó

“Electron energy distribution functions and transport coefficients relevant for air plasmas in the troposphere: impact of humidity and gas temperature” Plasma Sources Science & Technology 18, No. 3, p. 034021, 2009

F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

“Special Issue of the Plasma Sources Science & Technology (PSST) journal in occasion of the 19th Europhysics Conference on the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases (ESCAMPIG) held in Granada (Spain) between July 15 – July19, 2008”                                                                         

Plasma Sources Science & Technology 18, No. 3, p. 034021, 2009

N. Sadeghi, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

Comment on “Diagnostics of 13.56 MHz RF sustained Ar-N2 plasma by optical emission spectroscopy”                                                                    Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 47, p. 11001, 2009

E.M. Van Veldhuizen, S. Nijdam, A. Luque, F. Brau, U. Ebert

“3D properties of pulsed corona streamers”                                       European Journal of Physics: Applied Physics, p. 22811, 2009

F. Brau, A. Luque, B. Davidovitch, U. Ebert

“Moving boundary approximation for curved streamer ionization fronts: Numerical tests”                                                                                   

Physical Review E, p. 066211, 2009

A. Luque, U. Ebert

“Emergence of sprites from relaxation-ionization waves in the ionosphere” Nature Geoscience, 2, p. 757, 2009

2008

F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez

“Air plasma kinetics under the influence of sprites”                                Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 41, p. 234016, 2008

F. Brau, A. Luque, B. Meulenbroek, U. Ebert, L. Schaefer

“Construction and test of a moving boundary model for negative streamer discharges”

Physical Review E, 77, p. 026219, 2008

A. Luque, F. Brau, U. Ebert

“Saffman-Taylor streamer discharges: a study on interacting streamers”

Physical Review E, 78, p. 016206, 2008

A. Luque, U. Ebert                                                                            Interacting streamers in air: the evolution of the space-charge layer in their heads                                                                                                        IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 36, p. 914, 2008. 

A. Luque, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer                                                “Interaction of streamers in air and other oxygen-nitrogen mixtures”   Physical Review Letters, 101, p. 075005, 2008

A. Luque, V. Ratushnaya, U. Ebert

“Positive and negative streamers in ambient air: modeling evolution and velocities”                                                                                                 Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41, p. 234005, 2008