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Feb 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991ssrv...55..317r&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews (ISSN 0038-6308), vol. 55, Jan.-Feb. 1991, p. 317-356.

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Atmospheric Electricity, Lightning, Venus Atmosphere, Very Low Frequencies, Electromagnetic Radiation, Gyrofrequency, Ionospheric Electron Density, Venus, Lightning, Electromagnetic Waves, Spacecraft Observations, Flux, Venera Mission, Spectrometry, Pvo Mission, Plasma Waves, Electric Field, Comparisons, Clouds, Magnetic Properties, Acoustics, Atmosphere, Earth, Distribution, Vega Missions, Diagrams, Electrical Effects, Whistlers, Ionosphere, Landers, Altitude, Opa Instrument, Radiowave Emissions, Magnetic

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Although it is not unanimously accepted, many independent observations lead to the conclusion that lightning is prevalent on Venus. The EM signals detected by all four Venera landers are most readily explained as generation by lightning. The Venera 9 spectrometer appears to have observed a lightning storm on one occasion. The Pioneer Venus plasma-wave instrument detects waves both below the electron gyrofrequency (that may be due to lightning) and signals above the electron gyrofrequency but at very low altitudes (that may be due to the near field of the lightning). The VLF observations suggest that Venus lightning must be an intracloud phenomenon which is most frequent in the afternoon and evening sector. The occurrence rate is likely to be greater than on earth.

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