Upper-atmospheric lightning

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Upper-atmospheric lightning

Quality:

Upper-atmospheric lightning - rare transient luminous events that occurs over tops of thunder storms (red sprites, etc.). Article “Upper-atmospheric lightning” in English Wikipedia has 75.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 53 references and 16 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Upper-atmospheric lightning” was edited by 5 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Upper-atmospheric lightning”, its content was written by 193 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 468 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 97 times in English Wikipedia and cited 829 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #6956 in March 2002
  • Global: #7391 in March 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #50690 in November 2016
  • Global: #69595 in May 2011

There are 20 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Upper-atmospheric lightning
75.2399
2Chinese (zh)
中高层大气放电
62.5781
3Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Lyn i den øvre atmosfæren
60.115
4Vietnamese (vi)
Sét thượng tầng khí quyển
57.0605
5Catalan (ca)
Descàrrega super-atmosfèrica
37.962
6French (fr)
Phénomène lumineux transitoire
36.3962
7Norwegian (no)
Lyn i den øvre atmosfæren
33.2366
8Spanish (es)
Descarga súper-atmosférica
32.169
9Arabic (ar)
برق الغلاف الجوي العلوي
30.4866
10Italian (it)
Getto blu
28.685
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Upper-atmospheric lightning" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Upper-atmospheric lightning
1 566 739
2French (fr)
Phénomène lumineux transitoire
378 611
3Japanese (ja)
超高層雷放電
241 626
4Chinese (zh)
中高层大气放电
69 103
5Spanish (es)
Descarga súper-atmosférica
54 349
6Italian (it)
Getto blu
51 122
7Portuguese (pt)
Evento luminoso transiente
41 475
8Finnish (fi)
Kajosalama
22 120
9Arabic (ar)
برق الغلاف الجوي العلوي
17 708
10Swedish (sv)
Höghöjdsblixt
16 297
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Upper-atmospheric lightning" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Upper-atmospheric lightning
9 441
2French (fr)
Phénomène lumineux transitoire
2 429
3Japanese (ja)
超高層雷放電
1 089
4Chinese (zh)
中高层大气放电
691
5Portuguese (pt)
Evento luminoso transiente
146
6Spanish (es)
Descarga súper-atmosférica
145
7Italian (it)
Getto blu
145
8Vietnamese (vi)
Sét thượng tầng khí quyển
115
9Czech (cs)
Ionosférický blesk
97
10Arabic (ar)
برق الغلاف الجوي العلوي
76
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Upper-atmospheric lightning" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Upper-atmospheric lightning
193
2French (fr)
Phénomène lumineux transitoire
74
3Italian (it)
Getto blu
35
4Spanish (es)
Descarga súper-atmosférica
24
5Japanese (ja)
超高層雷放電
16
6Chinese (zh)
中高层大气放电
16
7Swedish (sv)
Höghöjdsblixt
13
8Norwegian (no)
Lyn i den øvre atmosfæren
12
9Finnish (fi)
Kajosalama
10
10Czech (cs)
Ionosférický blesk
9
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Upper-atmospheric lightning" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Upper-atmospheric lightning
5
2Arabic (ar)
برق الغلاف الجوي العلوي
0
3Catalan (ca)
Descàrrega super-atmosfèrica
0
4Czech (cs)
Ionosférický blesk
0
5Danish (da)
Lyn i den øvre atmosfære
0
6Spanish (es)
Descarga súper-atmosférica
0
7Finnish (fi)
Kajosalama
0
8French (fr)
Phénomène lumineux transitoire
0
9Croatian (hr)
Patuljak (elektromagnetizam)
0
10Italian (it)
Getto blu
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Upper-atmospheric lightning" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Portuguese (pt)
Evento luminoso transiente
218
2Japanese (ja)
超高層雷放電
169
3Chinese (zh)
中高层大气放电
167
4English (en)
Upper-atmospheric lightning
97
5French (fr)
Phénomène lumineux transitoire
50
6Vietnamese (vi)
Sét thượng tầng khí quyển
23
7Arabic (ar)
برق الغلاف الجوي العلوي
21
8Italian (it)
Getto blu
12
9Danish (da)
Lyn i den øvre atmosfære
11
10Korean (ko)
상층대기 번개
10
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Scores

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Registered authors in all years:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
برق الغلاف الجوي العلوي
caCatalan
Descàrrega super-atmosfèrica
csCzech
Ionosférický blesk
daDanish
Lyn i den øvre atmosfære
enEnglish
Upper-atmospheric lightning
esSpanish
Descarga súper-atmosférica
fiFinnish
Kajosalama
frFrench
Phénomène lumineux transitoire
hrCroatian
Patuljak (elektromagnetizam)
itItalian
Getto blu
jaJapanese
超高層雷放電
koKorean
상층대기 번개
nlDutch
Stratosfeerontlading
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Lyn i den øvre atmosfæren
noNorwegian
Lyn i den øvre atmosfæren
ptPortuguese
Evento luminoso transiente
srSerbian
Јоносферска муња
svSwedish
Höghöjdsblixt
viVietnamese
Sét thượng tầng khí quyển
zhChinese
中高层大气放电

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#50690
11.2016
Global:
#69595
05.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#6956
03.2002
Global:
#7391
03.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Upper-atmospheric lightning from Wikipedia articles about Sprite, Schumann resonances, Lightning, St. Elmos fire and Hank Schyma. Whereas reading the article about Upper-atmospheric lightning people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Sprite, St. Elmos fire, Steve, Heat lightning and Schumann resonances.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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