transient luminous event

English

Noun

transient luminous event (plural transient luminous events)

  1. (astronomy, meteorology) Any of a variety of upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms.
    • 2010, Rafael Escribano Torres, Isabel Tanarro Onrubiay, Spectroscopy of the atmospheres‎, CSIC:
      Transient luminous events can be another source of ionization in the upper atmosphere.

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