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Juno Waves High Frequency Antenna Properties
Author(s) -
Sampl Manfred,
Macher Wolfgang,
Oswald Thomas,
Plettemeier Dirk,
Rucker Helmut O.,
Kurth William S.
Publication year - 2021
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 - 10.1029/2020rs007184
Subject(s) - directivity , antenna (radio) , physics , radio wave , observatory , dipole antenna , dipole , atmospherics , range (aeronautics) , acoustics , ultra high frequency , radio frequency , remote sensing , optics , geology , telecommunications , astronomy , meteorology , aerospace engineering , computer science , engineering , quantum mechanics
The Waves instrument aboard Juno is a sophisticated radio astronomy observatory investigating Jupiter's auroral radio emissions and plasma wave interactions. Waves records electric field properties using two monopole antennas, which are connected to form a dipole. The receiving properties of the Waves dipole changes quite remarkably over the instrument's frequency range from near DC to 40 MHz. In this contribution we outline Waves' electrical sensor properties above the quasi‐static frequency range and provide detailed directivity pattern and insertion loss figures of the instrument for science application and data analysis.