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  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Victor P. Pasko is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions to Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics including:

  • Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena
  • Plasma Applications and Diagnostics
  • Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena
  • Electrostatic Discharge in Electronics
  • Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Victor P. Pasko include:

  • Conditions for Inception of Relativistic Runaway Discharges in Air, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Investigation of conditions necessary for inception of positive corona in air based on differential formulation of photoionization, 2023, Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Frequent coauthors in their work are:

  • Reza Janalizadeh
  • Jaroslav Jánský
  • О. Стенін
  • A. A. Стенин
  • С. Стенін

Victor P. Pasko publishes regularly in journals such as:

  • Адаптивні системи автоматичного управління
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Plasma Sources Science and Technology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Among recent notable works connected to their collaborators is the 2020 publication Modeling of Streamer Ignition and Propagation in the System of Two Approaching Hydrometeors in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

The scientist's research involves detailed physical modeling and analysis of plasma phenomena and atmospheric electrical processes. The focus on photoionization, electron detachment, and transient luminous events illustrates a particular interest in fundamental mechanisms underlying atmospheric electricity and plasma discharges.

Victor P. Pasko has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union since 2018.

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

  • 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

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

    Ningyu Liu;Victor P. Pasko

  • 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

  • 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

  • Upward electrical discharges from thunderstorms

    Paul R. Krehbiel;Jeremy A. Riousset;Victor P. Pasko;Ronald J. Thomas

  • Spatial structure of sprites

    Victor P. Pasko;Umran S. Inan;Timothy F. Bell

  • 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

  • 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

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

    V P Pasko

  • Recent advances in theory of transient luminous events

    Victor P. Pasko

  • Lightning Related Transient Luminous Events at High Altitude in the Earth’s Atmosphere: Phenomenology, Mechanisms and Effects

    Victor P. Pasko;Yoav Yair;Cheng Ling Kuo

  • Runaway electrons as a source of red sprites in the mesosphere

    Timothy F. Bell;Victor P. Pasko;Umran S. Inan

  • Upward Electrical Discharges From Thunderstorm Tops

    Walter A. Lyons;Thomas E. Nelson;Russell A. Armstrong;Victor P. Pasko

  • Sprites as Luminous Columns of Ionization Produced by Quasi-Electrostatic Thundercloud Fields

    Victor P. Pasko;U. S. Inan;T. F. Bell

  • Effects of photoionization on similarity properties of streamers at various pressures in air

    N Liu;V P Pasko

  • Dynamics of streamer-to-leader transition at reduced air densities and its implications for propagation of lightning leaders and gigantic jets

    Caitano L. da Silva;Victor P. Pasko

  • Three‐dimensional fractal modeling of intracloud lightning discharge in a New Mexico thunderstorm and comparison with lightning mapping observations

    Jeremy A. Riousset;Victor P. Pasko;Paul R. Krehbiel;Ronald J. Thomas

  • Breaking of thunderstorm-generated gravity waves as a source of short-period ducted waves at mesopause altitudes

    Jonathan B. Snively;Victor P. Pasko

  • VLF signatures of ionospheric disturbances associated with sprites

    U. S. Inan;T. F. Bell;V. P. Pasko;D. D. Sentman

Frequent Co-Authors

Umran S. Inan
Umran S. Inan Stanford University
Timothy F. Bell
Timothy F. Bell Stanford University
Steven A. Cummer
Steven A. Cummer Duke University
Paul R. Krehbiel
Paul R. Krehbiel New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
William Rison
William Rison New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Ronald J. Thomas
Ronald J. Thomas New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Michael J. Taylor
Michael J. Taylor Utah State University
S. B. Mende
S. B. Mende University of California, Berkeley
Walter A. Lyons
Walter A. Lyons American Meteorological Society
Harald U. Frey
Harald U. Frey University of California, Berkeley

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