Applied Physics IOP Select Article August 5, 2014 A fast-track communication manuscript titled "Uniform and non-uniform modes of nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge in atmospheric air: fast imaging and spectroscopic measurements of electric fields" by Chong Liu, Ph.D. Candidate from Electric Engineering department, Danil Dobrynin, PhD, and Alexander Fridman, PhD, has been published by Institute of Physics' (IOP) Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. The paper has also been chosen by IOP editors for its quality and recency, and is labeled "IOP Select Article". The manuscript is available at doi:10.1088/0022-3727/47/25/252003.