A Schumann-like resonance on Titan driven by Saturn's magnetosphere possibly revealed by the Huygens Probe

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 251-266

  Beghin C ^a   Simoes F ^b   Krasnoselskikh, V ^a   Schwingenschuh, K ^c   Berthelier, J J ^b   Besser, B P ^c   Bettanini, C ^d   Grard, R ^e   Hamelin, M ^b   Lopez Moreno J J ^f   Molina Cuberos, G J ^g   Tokano, T ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

atmospheres; Lightning; magnetosphere; Satellites; Saturn; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348928107     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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