Energy dissipation of possible Titan lightning strokes

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 447-458

  Fischer, G ^a,b   Tokano, T ^c   Macher, W ^a   Lammer, H ^a   Rucker, H O ^a,b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lightning; Titan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHTNING; PLANETS; SATELLITES; TROPOSPHERE;

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; TITAN;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 1442287262     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.05.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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