Observation of similar radio signatures at Saturn and Jupiter: Implications for the magnetospheric dynamics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Louarn, Philippe ^a   Kurth, W S ^b   Gurnett, D A ^b   Hospodarsky, G B ^b   Persoon, A M ^b   Cecconi, B ^c   Lecacheux, A ^c   Zarka, P ^c   Canu, P ^d   Roux, A ^d   Rucker, H O ^e   Farrell, W M ^f   Kaiser, M L ^f   Andre, N ^g   Harvey, C ^a   Blanc, M ^a  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLANETS; RADIATION; SOLAR WIND;

AURORAL RADIO EMISSION; INTERNAL ENERGY RELEASE;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GALILEO MISSION; JUPITER; MAGNETOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLASMA; SATURN; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 37349018275     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030368     Document Type: Article

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