The solar radio emissions in the decimetric frequency range (above 1000 MHz) are very rich in temporal and/or spectral fine structures. The Brazilian Solar Spectroscope (BSS) at INPE started operating in 1998. Since then, various types of fine structures, in the frequency range of (1000-2500) MHz, with high time and frequency resolutions have been recorded. The observed bursts include dot-like emissions and chains of dots, lace bursts exhibiting intensity variations as a function of frequency and zebra pattern emissions. It is suggested that they can be generated by a plasma resonance instability mechanism. This model can explain many features of the observed fine structures.
