Lightning storms on Saturn observed by Cassini ISS and RPWS during 2004-2006

Icarus

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 545-555

  Dyudina, Ulyana A ^a   Ingersoll, Andrew P ^a   Ewald, Shawn P ^a   Porco, Carolyn C ^b   Fischer, Georg ^c   Kurth, William ^c   Desch, Michael ^d   Del Genio, Anthony ^e   Barbara, John ^e   Ferrier, Joseph ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; dynamics; Lightning; Meteorology; Saturn; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548684995     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.03.035     Document Type: Article

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