A model of the lightning discharge at Jupiter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2601-2604

  Farrell, W M ^a   Kaiser, M L ^a   Desch, M D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETS; SPACE PROBES; IONOSPHERE;

IONOSPERIC ABSORPTION; JOVIAN LIGHTNING; JUPITER; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; PLASMA WAVE INSTRUMENTS; WHISTLER EMISSIONS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DETECTABILITY; DISCHARGE MODELING; PROPAGATION MODELING; RADIO AND PLASMA WAVES; SIGNAL ATTENUATION; WAVE FORMS;

LIGHTNING;

JUPITER; LIGHTNING;

EID: 0033385806     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900527     Document Type: Article

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