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Saturnian kilometric radiation: statistical properties and beam geometry

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Analysis of the average properties of Saturn's kilometre wavelength radio emission suggests that the source region is near the noon meridian in the northern auroral zone and/or the polar cusp.

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  1. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA

    M. L. Kaiser & M. D. Desch

  2. Observatoire de Paris, Section d'Astrophysique, F-92190, Meudon, France

    A. Lecacheux

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Kaiser, M., Desch, M. & Lecacheux, A. Saturnian kilometric radiation: statistical properties and beam geometry. Nature 292, 731–733 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/292731a0

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