Angie Norris
EF5
Saul, thanks bunches!!
That will make for some nice break reading 8)
Angie
Angie
http://www.uiowa.edu/~ournews/2004/december/121704gurnett.html
As an engineer working under Dr. Gurnett at the University Of Iowa,
I designed the electronics package in the Cassini Radio and Plasma
Wave Science (RPWS) instrument that processes the signals from the
spacecraft antennas. The package has three main functions: 1) It
decomposes signals into their individual frequencies (spectrum
analysis), 2) processes "time domain" data, most effective for
analyzing transient signals such as lightning, and 3) Sends data to
on-board processor (computer) where signal processing algorithms
detect certain signal signatures (such as lightning). These data
are placed in a telemetry stream and broadcasted back to the earth
via an RF link.
- bill
wow...i breifly skimmed over one of your writings. Keep up the good work Saul.
KS_
Originally posted by Saul Trabal
I have a question-and I wonder if you could answer this. Galileo took pictures of lightning on Jupiter's night side. Do you have any idea if Cassini will do the same at Saturn? Given how much more powerful lightning is on Saturn, I imagine that lightning flashes viewed on the night side will be even more brilliant. 8)
Originally posted by Bill Schintler
Although I'm not certain of this fact, I do believe that the Cassini imager has taken pictures of lightning on Saturn – and if so, it has not received nearly as much attention in mainstream news media as the Galileo photos of lightning on Jupiter.