Laboratory discharges for simulating and investigating Transient Luminous Events Project ID: *M100431201 Provider: Czech Academy of Sciences Period: Jul 01, 2012 - Jun 30, 2015 Principal Investigator: RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D. Co-investigators V. Prukner, P. Hoffer, V. Babický Aims of the project: The aim of the bilateral project (IPP + Istituto de Astrofisica de Andalusia, IAA-CSIC Granada, Spain) is to investigate laboratory TLE-like discharges (TLE=Transient Luminous Events), especially so called "Red Sprites". The principal goals of the project: 1) Design and construction of laboratory devices allowing periodic generation of TLE-like ionizing waves similar to "Red Sprites", 2) Determination of basic opto-electrical characteristics of laboratory TLE-like ionizing waves, 3) Comparison of spectrometric characteristics of real and laboratory "Red Sprites".