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Saturn radio emission and the solar wind - Voyager-2 studiesVoyager 2 data from the Plasma Science experiment, the Magnetometer experiment and the Planetary Radio Astronomy experiment were used to analyze the relationship between parameters of the solar wind/interplanetary medium and the nonthermal Saturn radiation. Solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field properties were combined to form quantities known to be important in controlling terrestrial magnetospheric processes. The Voyager 2 data set used in this investigation consists of 237 days of Saturn preencounter measurements. However, due to the immersion of Saturn and the Voyager 2 spacecraft into the extended Jupiter magnetic tail, substantial periods of the time series were lacking solar wind data. To cope with this problem a superposed epoch method (CHREE analysis) was used. The results indicate the superiority of the quantities containing the solar wind density in stimulating the radio emission of Saturn - a result found earlier using Voyager 1 data - and the minor importance of quantities incorporating the interplanetary magnetic field.
Document ID
19850059823
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Desch, M. D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Rucker, H. O.
(Observatorium Lustbuhel Graz, Austria)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 5
Issue: 4, 19
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
85A41974
Distribution Limits
Public
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