Lightning detection by LAC onboard the Japanese venus climate orbiter, Planet-C

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 137, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 317-334

  Takahashi, Y ^a   Yoshida, J ^a   Yair, Y ^b   Imamura, T ^c   Nakamura, M ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Electricity; LAC; Lightning; Orbiter; Planet C; VCO; Venus

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SNOW; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

AT-WAVELENGTH; ATMOSPHERE; AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODES; ELECTRICITY; GROUND-BASED; HIGH-SPEED SAMPLING; LAC; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING DETECTION; LIGHTNING FLASHES; NARROW-BAND INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; OPTICAL-; ORBITER; PLANET-C; SPATIAL RESOLUTION SR); TIME VARIATIONS; VCO; VENUS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 49749141983     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9400-x     Document Type: Article

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