[radioastro] First LOFAR observations of lightning in Saturn
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- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:22:19 -0700
First LOFAR observations of lightning in Saturn
Hello Radio Astronomers,
Griessmeier et al. 2010:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010iska.meetE..22G
reports observations of lightning (Saturn Electrostatic Discharges SED)
using the UTR-2, LOFAR, and Westerbork arrays.
I find the LOFAR observations particularly interesting. They started on 2010
April 8, and analysis is ongoing.
The observations used the data from the Transient Buffer Boards (TBB) which
store each antenna full waveform data for a period of 1.3 seconds, and
enable the computation of a full sky map.
Observations with LOFAR will permit measuring the spectrum over parts of the
10 to 250 MHz band.
They also will try observing electrostatic discharges in Uranus, Neptune,
Venus, and Mars (dust cloud discharges).
UTR-2 has already observed more than 2600 discharges in Saturn, in
conjunction with Cassini observations.
Best regards,
Victor Herrero
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