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X-WR-CALDESC:Join the NASA Night Sky Network on Tuesday\, March 11\, at 6:0
 0 PM Pacific Time (9:00 PM Eastern) along with Dr. Burcu Kosar where we’ll
  discuss Spritacular\, a NASA citizen science project that gathers public 
 observations of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) above thunderstorms to ad
 vance research and connect citizen scientists with experts.\n\nSpritacular
  is a community science project that aims to collect observations of sprit
 es and other optical phenomena occurring above thunderstorms - collectivel
 y known as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs). TLEs have been frequently cap
 tured by storm chasers all around the globe with off-the-shelf DSLR camera
 s\, however\, they are sporadically shared over various social media platf
 orms. In late 2022\, we launched a NASA citizen science project with the g
 oals of gathering these observations for research and building a community
 . The database generated from these observations serves as an invaluable r
 esource for researchers\, allowing them to find interesting cases\, perfor
 m studies in conjunction with other scientific data\, and conduct broad st
 atistical studies. We aim to connect the public with scientists to ensure 
 optimal exploitation of these observations. In this presentation\, we will
  introduce the project and discuss TLE science!\n\nAbout Dr. Burcu Kosar:
 \n\nDr. Burcu Kosar is affiliated with the ITM Physics Laboratory of NASA 
 Goddard Space Flight Center. She is an atmospheric and space physics exper
 t who has studied critical regions of the Earth’s atmosphere through compu
 tational modeling and satellite data analysis. Dr. Kosar has a wide range 
 of research interests\, including plasma discharge physics and computation
 al electromagnetics\, lightning-related transient luminous events (TLEs)\,
  data science\, and citizen science\, just to name a few. She is from Ista
 nbul\, Turkey\, and got her Ph.D. in Physics from Florida Tech in 2015. \n
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DESCRIPTION:Join the NASA Night Sky Network on Tuesday\, March 11\, at 6:00
  PM Pacific Time (9:00 PM Eastern) along with Dr. Burcu Kosar where we’ll 
 discuss Spritacular\, a NASA citizen science project that gathers public o
 bservations of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) above thunderstorms to adv
 ance research and connect citizen scientists with experts.\n\nSpritacular 
 is a community science project that aims to collect observations of sprite
 s and other optical phenomena occurring above thunderstorms - collectively
  known as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs). TLEs have been frequently capt
 ured by storm chasers all around the globe with off-the-shelf DSLR cameras
 \, however\, they are sporadically shared over various social media platfo
 rms. In late 2022\, we launched a NASA citizen science project with the go
 als of gathering these observations for research and building a community.
  The database generated from these observations serves as an invaluable re
 source for researchers\, allowing them to find interesting cases\, perform
  studies in conjunction with other scientific data\, and conduct broad sta
 tistical studies. We aim to connect the public with scientists to ensure o
 ptimal exploitation of these observations. In this presentation\, we will 
 introduce the project and discuss TLE science!\n\nAbout Dr. Burcu Kosar:\n
 \nDr. Burcu Kosar is affiliated with the ITM Physics Laboratory of NASA Go
 ddard Space Flight Center. She is an atmospheric and space physics expert 
 who has studied critical regions of the Earth’s atmosphere through computa
 tional modeling and satellite data analysis. Dr. Kosar has a wide range of
  research interests\, including plasma discharge physics and computational
  electromagnetics\, lightning-related transient luminous events (TLEs)\, d
 ata science\, and citizen science\, just to name a few. She is from Istanb
 ul\, Turkey\, and got her Ph.D. in Physics from Florida Tech in 2015. \n
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SUMMARY:NSN Webinar Series - Spritacular: Electrical Discharges Above Thund
 erstorms with Dr. Burcu Kosar
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