Restrictions on the characteristics of Neptunian lightning

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Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....9619043k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Oct. 30, 1991, p. 19,043-19,047.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Atmospheric Electricity, Atmospherics, Lightning, Neptune Atmosphere, Planetary Meteorology, Ammonia, Atmospheric Composition, Plasma Waves, Radio Astronomy, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Whistlers

Scientific paper

Although lightning-triggered whistlers were detected by the Voyager 2 plasma wave experiment at Neptune, only four possible lightning sferics were detected by the planetary radio astronomy instrument. This low level of detection places strict limits on the characteristics of Neptunian lightning, ruling out lightning with power levels as high as those observed at Saturn or Uranus, but leaving the intriguing possibility that lightning slightly stronger than normal terrestrial lightning flashes but with much lower occurrence rate could exist. Possible scenarios to explain the observations are examined, including reduced NH3 concentration in the planet's atmosphere and an unusually slow risetime discharge process.

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