Lightning detection in planetary atmospheres
Abstract
Lightning in planetary atmospheres is now a well-established concept. Here we discuss the available detection techniques for, and observations of, planetary lightning by spacecraft, planetary landers and, increasingly, sophisticated terrestrial radio telescopes. Future space missions carrying lightning-related instrumentation are also summarised, specifically the European ExoMars mission and Japanese Akatsuki mission to Venus, which could both yield lightning observations in 2016.
- Publication:
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Weather
- Pub Date:
- February 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1002/wea.2817
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1606.03285
- Bibcode:
- 2017Wthr...72...46A
- Keywords:
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- Physics - Space Physics;
- Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics;
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors;
- Physics - Space Physics;
- Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics;
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
- E-Print:
- Accepted for publication in Weather as part of a special issue on Advances in Lightning Detection