Solar System Low Frequency Radio Spectra

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.25935/yawf-af18
• Publisher: PADC/MASER
• License: CC-BY 4.0 for data; MIT for software.
• Citation: Zarka, P., B. Cecconi. (2022), Solar System Low Frequency Radio Spectra (Version 1.0) [Data set]. PADC/MASER. https://doi.org/10.25935/YAWF-AF18

Link to data

• Web directory listing

Description

The dataset contains the spectral flux density distribution of low frequency planetary radio emission components;

• the Jovian magnetospheric radio emissions (with average and peak levels):
  • Quasi Periodic Bursts (QP),
  • Narrow-band Kilometric (nKOM),
  • Broad-band Kilometric (bKOM),
  • Hectometric (HOM),
  • Decametric (DAM),
  • Io-controlled Decametric (Io-DAM);
• the Jovian radiation belt spectrum (DIM - decimetric).
• the terrestrial Auroral Kilometric Radiation (AKR) from dayside and nightside;
• the Saturn Kilometric Radiation (SKR) and Saturn Electrostatic Discharges (SED);
• the Uranus Kilometric Radiation (UKR) and Uranus Electrostatic Discharges (UED);
• the smooth Neptune Kilometric Radiation (NKR) and Neptune kilometric burst emission (NepB);
• the Solar average and peak emission spectrum (Solar type III bursts);
• the quiet and disturbed Sun spectra.

Data Files

• data/all_spectra.sav (57.1 kB): IDL Saveset data file;
• data/all_spectra.cdf (462 kB): CDF data file;
• data/PlanetaryFluxDensities.tx (77.8 kB): Plain text ASCII table with fixed formatting.

Scripts

• convert.py: Python3 script to convert the IDL Saveset version into CDF and ASCII text table.
• models.py: Python3 script including models of the Galactic radiation.
• display_data.ipynb: iPython notebook loading the CDF file and plotting the spectra.
• idl/plot_spectra_color.pro: IDL routine to reproduce the figures of Zarka et al. (2012)
• python/plot_spectra_color.ipynb: iPython notebook to reproduce the figures of Zarka et al. (2012)
• topcat_figure.sh: TOPCAT stilts script to plot the data

Acknowledgement

BC was also supported by PADC and EPN2024-RI. The Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (EPN2024-RI) project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 871149.

Contact

Any question or request should be addressed to contact.maser@obspm.fr

References

• Zarka, P., J.-L. Bougeret, C. Briand, B. Cecconi, H. Falcke, J. Girard, J.-M. Grießmeier, S. Hess, M. Klein-Wolt, A. Konovalenko, L. Lamy, D. Mimoun, A. Aminaei. (2012), Planetary and exoplanetary low frequency radio observations from the Moon, Planetary and Space Science, 74(1), 156-166.
  doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.08.004.