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Environmental Sciences D-index 53 Citations 8,405 166 World Ranking 2133 National Ranking 945

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Awards & Achievements

2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Electron
  • Astronomy
  • Optics

His primary areas of investigation include Light emission, Thunderstorm, Lightning, Meteorology and Atomic physics. His Light emission study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Sprite, Mesosphere, Ionization, Ionosphere and Electron density. His research integrates issues of Storm, Atmospheric sciences and Electrical breakdown in his study of Thunderstorm.

He has researched Lightning in several fields, including Range and Astrophysics. The study incorporates disciplines such as Optics and Altitude in addition to Astrophysics. Victor P. Pasko interconnects Photoionization, Molecular physics, Torr, Radiation and Electron in the investigation of issues within Atomic physics.

His most cited work include:

  • Sprites produced by quasi‐electrostatic heating and ionization in the lower ionosphere (372 citations)
  • Effects of photoionization on propagation and branching of positive and negative streamers in sprites (277 citations)
  • Efficient models for photoionization produced by non-thermal gas discharges in air based on radiative transfer and the Helmholtz equations (261 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Victor P. Pasko mainly investigates Lightning, Ionosphere, Computational physics, Thunderstorm and Sprite. His Lightning research includes elements of Atomic physics, Electron, Astrophysics and Light emission. His research in Light emission intersects with topics in Ionization, Atmospheric electricity and Mesosphere.

In the subject of general Ionosphere, his work in Schumann resonances is often linked to Charge, thereby combining diverse domains of study. His Thunderstorm research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Upper-atmospheric lightning and Atmospheric sciences. He combines subjects such as Low frequency and Electron density, Plasma with his study of Sprite.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Lightning (33.33%)
  • Ionosphere (25.11%)
  • Computational physics (24.20%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Lightning (33.33%)
  • Computational physics (24.20%)
  • Ionosphere (25.11%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Lightning, Computational physics, Ionosphere, Sprite and Astrophysics. His work deals with themes such as Spectral line, Atmosphere, Electron and Atomic physics, which intersect with Lightning. As a part of the same scientific family, Victor P. Pasko mostly works in the field of Computational physics, focusing on Range and, on occasion, Excitation.

His study in Ionosphere is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Quantum electrodynamics and Electronic circuit. His Sprite study combines topics in areas such as Atmospheric sciences, Plasma and Optics. His Atmospheric sciences study incorporates themes from Thunderstorm and Electron density.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Dynamics of streamer-to-leader transition at reduced air densities and its implications for propagation of lightning leaders and gigantic jets (65 citations)
  • On the propagation of streamers in electrical discharges (48 citations)
  • Plasma irregularities in the D-region ionosphere in association with sprite streamer initiation. (42 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Electron
  • Photon
  • Astronomy

His scientific interests lie mostly in Lightning, Computational physics, Ionosphere, Atmospheric sciences and Thunderstorm. Lightning is a subfield of Meteorology that Victor P. Pasko studies. His Ionosphere research is within the category of Geophysics.

The concepts of his Atmospheric sciences study are interwoven with issues in Sprite, Astrophysics, Electric discharge in gases, Ionization and Streamer corona. His Sprite research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Electron density and Plasma. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Particle and Precipitation.

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Best Publications

Sprites produced by quasi-electrostatic heating and ionization in the lower ionosphere

V. P. Pasko;U. S. Inan;T. F. Bell;Y. N. Taranenko.
Journal of Geophysical Research (1997)

530 Citations

Efficient models for photoionization produced by non-thermal gas discharges in air based on radiative transfer and the Helmholtz equations

A Bourdon;V P Pasko;N Y Liu;S Célestin.
Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2007)

409 Citations

Effects of photoionization on propagation and branching of positive and negative streamers in sprites

Ningyu Liu;Victor P. Pasko.
Journal of Geophysical Research (2004)

378 Citations

Electrical discharge from a thundercloud top to the lower ionosphere

Victor P. Pasko;Mark A. Stanley;Mark A. Stanley;John D. Mathews;Umran S. Inan.
Nature (2002)

353 Citations

Monte Carlo model for analysis of thermal runaway electrons in streamer tips in transient luminous events and streamer zones of lightning leaders

Gregory D. Moss;Victor P. Pasko;Ningyu Liu;Georgios Veronis.
Journal of Geophysical Research (2006)

324 Citations

Spatial structure of sprites

Victor P. Pasko;Umran S. Inan;Timothy F. Bell.
Geophysical Research Letters (1998)

270 Citations

Upward electrical discharges from thunderstorms

Paul R. Krehbiel;Jeremy A. Riousset;Victor P. Pasko;Ronald J. Thomas.
Nature Geoscience (2008)

260 Citations

Heating, ionization and upward discharges in the mesosphere, due to intense quasi‐electrostatic thundercloud fields

Victor P. Pasko;Umran S. Inan;Yuri N. Taranenko;Timothy F. Bell.
Geophysical Research Letters (1995)

244 Citations

Energy and fluxes of thermal runaway electrons produced by exponential growth of streamers during the stepping of lightning leaders and in transient luminous events

Sebastien Celestin;Victor P. Pasko.
Journal of Geophysical Research (2011)

205 Citations

Red sprite discharges in the atmosphere at high altitude: the molecular physics and the similarity with laboratory discharges

V P Pasko.
Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2007)

182 Citations

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