Sprite
Sprites are thundercloud related transient optical phenomena.
Projects
AGU Sprite Camera (ASCA)
ASCA is located at the roof of the AGU Sagamihara campus building L. Three cameras are installed. They are monitoring the directions of west, north to north-east, and east from the campus. The field of view of a single camera is 60 deg x 40 deg. The camera consists of FUJINON YV2.7X2.9LR4D-SA2 lens and WATEC WAT-902H2 ULTIMATE camera.
Goddard Robotic Telescope - Wide Field (GRT-FW)
GRT-WF is located at the roof of the Floria Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers, FL). Seven cameras are installed on the mounting plate to cover 360 degrees field of view. The camera of GRT-WF has the same hardware configuration as ASCA.