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Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmae23a..02a&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #AE23A-02
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3304 Atmospheric Electricity, 3324 Lightning, 6207 Comparative Planetology
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All atmospheres in the Solar System are slightly electrified by cosmic ray ionization. There is evidence for lightning on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Venus, and it could exist, though has not been detected, at Mars and Titan. A comparative approach will be employed to review the role of electrification in the atmospheres of other planets and their moons. The theory, and, where available, measurements, of planetary atmospheric electricity, focusing on ionization and ion-aerosol interactions, will be summarized. The conditions necessary in planetary atmospheres for a global electric circuit similar to Earth's, as developed originally by CTR Wilson, will also be discussed. The gas giant planets appear to be a special case in global circuit terms owing to their unique circumstances of electrical discharges existing in the upper layers of a deep atmosphere. The terrestrial planets may have global circuits analogous to Earth's, but differing in detail. For example, any Martian global circuit is expected to be based on electrical discharges from dust storms.
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