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Influence of the Terrestrial Environment on the Temporal and ‐ Statistical Characteristics of Jovian Decametric Radiation
Author(s) -
Smith Alex G.,
Block W. F.,
Morton W. A.,
Lebo G. R.,
Carr T. D.,
Olsson C. N.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1002/rds19661101167
Subject(s) - jovian , ionosphere , scintillation , physics , satellite , altitude (triangle) , atmosphere (unit) , astronomy , astrobiology , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , planet , optics , geometry , mathematics , detector , saturn
The characteristics of Jovian decametric pulses are compared with satellite and radio star scintillations known to arise in the terrestrial ionosphere. The diurnal, seasonal, and altitude variations of the scintillation phenomena appear to be absent in the planetary signals, suggesting that the local ionosphere is not the source of the Jovian pulse structure. On the other hand, the ionosphere exerts a marked influence on the probability of reception, and to a lesser extent on the intensity, ofthe Jovian decametric signals.