Radio wave emission from the outer planets before cassini

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 371-397

  Zarka, P ^a   Kurth, W S ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant planets; Radio wave emission

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADIO SYSTEMS; RADIO WAVES; REMOTE SENSING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GIANT PLANETS; NONTHERMAL RADIO EMISSIONS; PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERE; RADIO WAVE EMISSION;

PLANETS;

EID: 21044434845     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-005-1962-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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