Electrical discharges and broadband radio emission by Martian dust devils and dust storms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Renno, Nilton O ^a   Wong, Ah San ^a   Atreya, Sushil K ^a   de Pater, Imke ^b   Roos Serote, Maarten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Tapada da Ajuda   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; RADIO; STORMS; TRIBOELECTRICITY; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION;

BROADBAND RADIO EMISSION; DUST STORMS; BROADBAND RADIO; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; POTENTIAL GRADIENTS; SAND AND DUST PARTICLE; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS; TRIBOELECTRIC CHARGING;

GEOPHYSICS; DUST;

DUST; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MARS; RADIO WAVE;

EID: 0942299883     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017879     Document Type: Article

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