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Magnetospheric Radio and Plasma Wave Research: 1987–1990
Author(s) -
KURTH W. S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1002/rog.1991.29.s2.1075
Subject(s) - uranus , magnetosphere , neptune , physics , astronomy , radio wave , planetary science , astrobiology , plasma , waves in plasmas , ionosphere , geophysics , planet , quantum mechanics
The Voyager 2 mission has provided the opportunity to explore the radio and plasma wave environments of Uranus and Neptune, nearly completing the exploratory phase of plasma processes in the solar system's planetary magnetospheres. At the same time increasingly sophisticated observations and theoretical techniques such as numerical simulations have allowed significant progress in our understanding of wave phenomena in the terrestrial magnetosphere. This report summarizes radio and plasma wave research in planetary magnetospheres during the interval 1987–1990.