Saturn lightning recorded by Cassini/RPWS in 2004

Icarus

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-152

  Fischer, G ^a   Desch, M D ^b   Zarka, P ^c   Kaiser, M L ^b   Gurnett, D A ^d   Kurth, W S ^d   Macher, W ^a   Rucker, H O ^a   Lecacheux, A ^c   Farrell, W M ^b   Cecconi, B ^d  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646897343     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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