Lightning storms on Saturn observed by Cassini ISS and RPWS during 2004–2006

@article{Dyudina2007LightningSO,
  title={Lightning storms on Saturn observed by Cassini ISS and RPWS during 2004–2006},
  author={Ulyana Anatolyevna Dyudina and Andrew P. Ingersoll and Shawn P. Ewald and Carolyn C. Porco and Georg Fischer and William S. Kurth and Michael D. Desch and Anthony D. Genio and J. Barbara and Joseph Ferrier},
  journal={Icarus},
  year={2007},
  volume={190},
  pages={545-555}
}
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