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Two Examples of Ligh2ng Detec2on by Venus Express Dynamic spectra show that the power of the waves is mostly transverse to the field, they are righthand circularly polarized, and they propagate in the direc2on of the local magne2c field. All consistent with ELF whistlermode waves generated by lightning. The event on October 10, 2012 (leJ) is the longest con2nuous burst in this study. It contributed 65 seconds of lightning ac2vity to the sta2s2cs. The average burst length is 6 seconds. The event on May 29, 2013 (right) demonstrates how the frequency of an individual burst may change over 2me.

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Two  Examples  of  Ligh2ng  Detec2on  by  Venus  Express            Dynamic  spectra  show  that  the  power  of  the  waves  is  mostly  transverse  to  the  field,  they  are  right-­‐hand  circularly  polarized,  and  they  propagate  in  the  direc2on  of  the  local  magne2c  field.    All  consistent  with  ELF  whistler-­‐mode  waves  generated  by  lightning.                The  event  on  October  10,  2012  (leJ)  is  the  longest  con2nuous  burst  in  this  study.    It  contributed  65  seconds  of  lightning  ac2vity  to  the  sta2s2cs.  The  average  burst  length  is  6  seconds.    The  event  on  May  29,  2013  (right)  demonstrates  how  the  frequency  of  an  individual  burst  may  change  over  2me.    

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Lightning  Sta2s2cs  •  Histograms  of  ELF  wave  ac2vity  

detected  with  respect  to  la2tude  (top)  and  local  2me  (boUom)  for  the  al2tudes  200-­‐350  km.    This  range  accounts  for  almost  70%  of  the  lightning  observa2ons.  

•  Average  of  3  Venus  years  spanning  from  1  Jan.  2012  to  5  Nov.  2013.  

•  Normalized  to  account  for  the  varying  2mes  that  Venus  Express  spent  in  each  bin.  

•  ELF  wave  ac2vity  detected  about  1%  of  the  2me  spent  at  these  al2tudes.