  We investigate the attenuation of whistler waves generated by hypotetical
venusian lightning occurring at the altitude of the cloud layer under different
ionospheric conditions. We use the Stanford Full Wave Method (FWM) for
stratified media of \cite{Lehtinen2008/JGR} to model wave propagation through
the ionosphere of Venus. This method calculates the electromagnetic field
created by an arbitrary source in a plane-stratified medium (i.e. uniform in
the horizontal direction). We see that the existence of holes in electronic
densities and the magnetic field configuration caused by solar wind play an
important role in the propagation of electromagnetic waves through the venusian
ionosphere.

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