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Contribution of amateur observations to Saturn storm studies

@article{Delcroix2010ContributionOA,
  title={Contribution of amateur observations to Saturn storm studies},
  author={Marc Delcroix and Georg Fischer Commission des observations plan'etaires and Soci'et'e Astronomique de France Space Research Institute and Austrian Academy of Sciences},
  journal={arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics},
  year={2010}
}
Since 2004, Saturn Electrostatic Discharges (SEDs), which are the radio signatures of lightning in Saturn's atmosphere, have been observed by the Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science instrument (RPWS). Despite their important time coverage, these observations lack the resolution and positioning given by imaging around visible wavelengths. Amateur observations from Earth have been increasing in quality and coverage since a few years, bringing information on positions, drift rates and shape… 
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