An unusual rotationally modulated attenuation band in the Jovian hectometric radio emission spectrum

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1841-1844

  Gurnett, D A ^a   Kurth, W S ^a   Menietti, J D ^a   Persoon, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MASERS; PLANETS; PLASMA DEVICES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

JOVIAN HECTOMETRIC RADIO EMISSION SPECTRUM; JUPITER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; COHERENT SCATTERING;

ATTENUATION BANDS; DENSITY IRREGULARITIES; FREQUENCY RANGES; JOVIAN HECTOMETRIC RADIATION; NARROW BANDWIDTH; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLASMA WAVE INSTRUMENTS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0032098704     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01400     Document Type: Article

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