Lightning detection in planetary atmospheres
Space Physics
2017-02-09 v2 Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
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.
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@article{arxiv.1606.03285,
title = {Lightning detection in planetary atmospheres},
author = {Karen L Aplin and Georg Fischer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.03285},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in Weather as part of a special issue on Advances in Lightning Detection