Abstract
This paper reviews the progress achieved in planetary atmospheric electricity, with focus on lightning observations by present operational spacecraft, aiming to fill the hiatus from the latest review published by Desch et al. (Rep. Prog. Phys. 65:955–997, 2002). The information is organized according to solid surface bodies (Earth, Venus, Mars and Titan) and gaseous planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune), and each section presents the latest results from space-based and ground-based observations as well as laboratory experiments. Finally, we review planned future space missions to Earth and other planets that will address some of the existing gaps in our knowledge.
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Yair, Y., Fischer, G., Simões, F. et al. Updated Review of Planetary Atmospheric Electricity. Space Sci Rev 137, 29–49 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-008-9349-9
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Keywords
- Lightning
- Thunder
- Radio emissions
- Whistlers
- Transient luminous events
- Charging processes
- SED—Saturn Electrostatic Discharges
- Optical emissions
- Dust
- Dust devils
- Triboelectric charging
- Ionosphere
- Spectrum
- Cassini
- Voyager
- Mars Express
- Venus Express
- Remote sensing
- Flash rate
- Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes
- Satellite
- Mars
- Venus
- Jupiter
- Titan
- Saturn
- Uranus
- Neptune
- Pioneer Venus Orbiter
- Galileo
- Electric field
- Conductivity
- Schumann resonance
- Optical efficiency
- Hydrocarbon
- Cloud