Whistler mode waves from lightning on Venus: Magnetic control of ionospheric access

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Russell, C T ^a   Zhang, T L ^b   Wei, H Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT; VENUS;

EID: 67651085348     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003137     Document Type: Article

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