gigantic jet
English
Noun
gigantic jet (plural gigantic jets)
- (astronomy, meteorology) an upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, a carrot-shaped red sprite that propagates upward from the core of an oceanic thunderstorm
- 2009, Michael C. Kelley, The earth's ionosphere: plasma physics and electrodynamics, Academic Press:
- Gigantic jets appear to provide an electrical connection between cloud tops and the ionosphere.
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See also
- blue starter
- bluejet
- elve
- gnome
- pixie
- red sprite
- sprite halo
- sprelve
- sprite
- transient luminous events
- troll
- upward lightning