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简介：Thetriangulationofredspriteswasobtained,basedonconcurrentobservationsoveramesoscaleconvectivesystem(MCS)inNorthChinafromtwostationsseparatedbyabout450km.Inaddition,broadbandsfericsfromthesprite-producinglightningweremeasuredatfivegroundstations,makingitpossibletolocateandidentifytheindividualcausativelightningdischargesfordifferentelementsinthisdancingspriteevent.TheresultsofouranalysesindicatethatthespriteswereproducedabovethetrailingstratiformregionoftheMCS,andtheirparentstrokeswerelocatedmainlyintheperipheralareaofthestratiform.Thelateraloffsetbetweenspritesandcausativestrokesrangesfromafewkmtomorethan50km.Inaparticularlybrightsprite,withadistincthalofeatureandstreamersdescendingdowntoanaltitudeofapproximately48km,thespritecurrentsignalidentifiedintheelectricsferic,measuredatarangeofabout1,110km,peakedatapproximately1msafterthereturnstroke.

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简介：Observationsofaquasi-90-dayoscillationinthemesosphereandlowerthermosphere(MLT)regionfromApril2011toDecember2014arepresentedinthisstudy.Thereisclearevidenceofaquasi-90-dayoscillationintemperaturesobtainedfromtheKunmingmeteorradar(25.6°N,103.8°E)andSoundingoftheAtmosphereusingBroadbandEmissionRadiometry(SABER),aswellasinwindobservedbytheKunmingmeteorradar.Thequasi-90-dayoscillationappearstobeaprominentfeatureinthetemperaturesandmeridionalwindtidesandpresentsquiteregularcyclesthatoccurapproximatelytwiceperyear.Theamplitudesandphasesofthequasi-90-dayoscillationintheSABERtemperatureshowafeaturesimilartothatofupward-propagateddiurnaltides,whichhaveaverticalwavelengthof~20kmabove70km.Intheloweratmosphere,asimilar90-dayvariabilityispresentedinthesurfacelatentheatfluxandcorrelateswiththetemperatureintheMLTregion.Similartothequasi-90-dayoscillationintemperature,a90-dayvariabilityofozone(O3)isalsopresentintheMLTregionandisconsideredtobedrivenbyasimilarvariabilityintheupwardly-propagateddiurnaltidesgeneratedintheloweratmosphere.Moreover,the90-dayvariabilityintheabsorptionofultraviolet(UV)radiationbydaytimeO3intheMLTregionisaninsitusourceofthequasi-90-dayoscillationintheMLTtemperature.