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Comment on 'Further evidence for lightning at Venus'In contradiction to the findings of Singh and Russell (1986), the Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO) electric-field data are not found to provide evidence for either lightning or volcanism at Venus. It is suggested that the noise considered by Singh and Russell to be clustered at low altitudes actually appears frequently at high altitudes. The frequent appearance of the broadband noise in the upper ionosphere indicates that this noise, like that attributed to lightning by Scarf et al. (1980), is actually generated within the ionosphere near the PVO by the solar wind interaction with the ionosphere.
Document ID
19870055317
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Taylor, H. A., Jr.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Cloutier, P. A.
(Rice University Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 14
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
87A42591
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-12383
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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