Electromagnetic wave propagation in the surface-ionosphere cavity of Venus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Simões, Fernando ^a   Hamelin, M ^a   Grard, R ^b   Aplin, K L ^c   Beghin C ^d   Berthelier, J J ^a   Besser, B P ^e   Lebreton, J P ^b   Lopez Moreno J J ^f   Molina Cuberos, G J ^g   Schwingenschuh, K ^e   Tokano, T ^h  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d LPCE CNRS   (France)

^e Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia IAA CSIC ^*  (Austria)

^f INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANETARY WAVE; RESONANCE; VENUS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 55049120304     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE003045     Document Type: Article

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