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8 - Saturn’s Ionosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2018

By
Luke Moore ,
Marina Galand ,
Arvydas J. Kliore ,
Andrew F. Nagy  and
James O’Donoghue
Edited by
Kevin H. Baines ,
F. Michael Flasar ,
Norbert Krupp  and
Tom Stallard
Kevin H. Baines
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
F. Michael Flasar
Affiliation:
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Norbert Krupp
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Göttingen
Tom Stallard
Affiliation:
University of Leicester
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Summary

This chapter summarizes our current understanding of the ionosphere of Saturn. We give an overview of Saturn ionospheric science from the Voyager era to the present, with a focus on the wealth of new data and discoveries enabled by Cassini, including a massive increase in the number of electron density altitude profiles. We discuss recent ground-based detections of the effect of “ring rain” on Saturn’s ionosphere, and present possible model interpretations of the observations. Finally, we outline current model-data discrepancies and indicate how future observations can help in advancing our understanding of the various controlling physical and chemical processes.

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Saturn in the 21st Century , pp. 196 - 223
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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