Citation: | Wang, Y. M., Jia, X. Z., Wang, C. B., Wang, S., and Krupar, V. (2020). Locating the source field lines of Jovian decametric radio emissions. Earth Planet. Phys., 4(2), 95–104. doi: 10.26464/epp2020015 |
Decametric (DAM) radio emissions are one of the main windows through which one can reveal and understand the Jovian magnetospheric dynamics and its interaction with the moons. DAMs are generated by energetic electrons through cyclotron-maser instability. For Io (the most active moon) related DAMs, the energetic electrons are sourced from Io volcanic activities, and quickly trapped by neighboring Jovian magnetic field. To properly interpret the physical processes behind DAMs, it is important to precisely locate the source field lines from which DAMs are emitted. Following the work by