QUASI-PERIODIC JOVIAN RADIO-BURSTS - OBSERVATIONS FROM THE ULYSSES RADIO AND PLASMA-WAVE EXPERIMENT

The Ulysses flyby of Jupiter has permitted the detection of a variety of quasiperiodic magnetospheric phenomena. In this paper, Unified Radi o and Plasma Wave Experiment (URAP) observations of quasiperiodic radi o bursts are presented. There appear to be two preferred periods of sh ort-term variability in the Jovian magnetosphere, as indicated by two classes of bursts, one with approximately 40 min periodicity, the othe r with approximately 15 min periodicity. The URAP radio direction dete rmination capability provides clear evidence that the 40 min bursts or iginate near the southern Jovian magnetic pole, whereas the source loc ation of the 15 min bursts remains uncertain. These bursts may be the signatures of quasiperiodic electron acceleration in the Jovian magnet osphere; however, only the 40 min bursts occur in association with obs erved electron bursts of similar periodicity. Both classes of bursts s how some evidence of solar wind control. In particular, the onset of e nhanced 40 min burst activity is well correlated with the arrival of h igh-velocity solar wind streams at Jupiter, thereby providing a remote monitor of solar wind conditions at Jupiter.