Journal article
Voyager 2 Plasma Wave Observations at Saturn
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.215(4532), pp.587-594
01/29/1982
DOI: 10.1126/science.215.4532.587
PMID: 17771283
Abstract
The first inbound Voyager 2 crossing of Saturn's bow shock [at 31.7 Saturn radii (RS), near local noon] and the last outbound crossing (at 87.4 RS, near local dawn) had similar plasma wave signatures. However, many other aspects of the plasma wave measurements differed considerably during the inbound and outbound passes, suggesting the presence of effects associated with significant north-south or noon-dawn asymmetries, or temporal variations. Within Saturn's magnetosphere, the plasma wave instrument detected electron plasma oscillations, upper hybrid resonance emissions, half-gyrofrequency harmonics, hiss and chorus, narrowband electromagnetic emissions and broadband Saturn radio noise, and noise bursts with characteristics of static. At the ring plane crossing, the plasma wave instrument also detected a large number of intense impulses that we interpret in terms of ring particle impacts on Voyager 2.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Voyager 2 Plasma Wave Observations at Saturn
- Creators
- F. L. Scarf - Defense SystemsD. A. Gurnett - University of IowaW. S. Kurth - University of IowaR. L. Poynter - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.215(4532), pp.587-594
- DOI
- 10.1126/science.215.4532.587
- PMID
- 17771283
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
- eISSN
- 1095-9203
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/29/1982
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984455545602771
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