An Earth-like correspondence between Saturn's auroral features and radio emission

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7027, 2005, Pages 722-725

  Kurth, W S ^a   Gurnett, D A ^a   Clarke, J T ^b   Zarka, P ^c   Desch, M D ^d   Kalser, M L ^d   Cecconi, B ^a   Lecacheax, A ^c   Farrell, W M ^d   Galopeau, P ^e   Gerard J O ^f   Grodent, D ^f   Prange R ^c   Dougherty, M K ^g   Crary, F J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRON RADIATION; ELECTRONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WIND;

CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY; MAGNETOSPHERIC ACTIVITY; RADIO EMISSION; WIND DYNAMICS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RADIO WAVE; SATURN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLOTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 20044372527     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03334     Document Type: Article

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