The Schumann resonance: A tool for exploring the atmospheric environment and the subsurface of the planets and their satellites

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-41

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

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^d Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^e LPCE CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Interiors; Ionospheres; Lightning; Planets; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049163074     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.09.020     Document Type: Article

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