Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Nov 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993georl..20.2435n&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 20, no. 22, p. 2435-2438
Statistics
Computation
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Electron Density Profiles, Jupiter Atmosphere, Planetary Ionospheres, Radio Waves, Transmission Loss, Wave Propagation, Extremely Low Frequencies, Mathematical Models, Very Low Frequencies, Whistlers
Scientific paper
The propagation characteristics of whistler-mode waves through the plausible profiles of the Jovian ionosphere have been investigated by means of full-wave numerical computations. There were three different profiles examined in detail: an irregular profile based on Pioneer measurements, a more-idealized smoother profile, and a smooth profile with a low-altitude ledge. The whistler transmission losses for the Pioneer profiles with several ledges are found to be extremely large in a wide frequency range from 1 to 10 kHz at both day and night, even at a high magnetic latitude. The latitudinal dependence of the transmission loss for the smooth electron density profiles corresponding approximately to the lower edge of the Pioneer profiles, is estimated such that the loss at magnetic latitude greater than 50 deg is less than 10 dB at night and day. But the transmission loss exhibits a dramatic increase with the decrease in latitude from 30 deg about 40 deg, especially at higher frequency and at day. The presence of a possible ledge in the bottom ionosphere is found to result in an oscillatory behavior of transmission loss due to the development of a standing wave pattern between relative density maxima. The possible utilization of these theoretical characteristics is suggested to study the coupling of lightning energy to whistlers in the Jovian magnetosphere and also lightning properties from the whistler observations by future deep spacecrafts.
Hayakawa Masashi
Hobara Yasuhide
Nagai Ken
Ohta Kenji
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