A review on the numerical simulation of equatorial plasma bubbles toward scintillation evaluation and forecasting

T Yokoyama - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2017 - Springer
Equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) have been a longstanding and increasingly important
subject because they cause severe scintillations in radio waves from Global Navigation …

Ionospheric electrodynamics modeling

AD Richmond, A Maute - Modeling the ionosphere …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this chapter, the author uses results from the SAMI3/ESF 3‐D simulation model to illustrate
3‐D temperature and density structure of equatorial spread F (ESF) plumes. The 3‐D …

Statistical analysis of equatorial plasma irregularities retrieved from Swarm 2013–2019 observations

E Aa, S Zou, S Liu - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we present a statistical analysis of equatorial plasma irregularities (EPIs) by
using in situ plasma density measurements of the Swarm constellation from December 2013 …

West wall structuring of equatorial plasma bubbles simulated by three‐dimensional HIRB model

T Yokoyama, H Jin, H Shinagawa - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Plasma density depletions in the equatorial ionosphere, or so‐called equatorial plasma
bubbles (EPBs), are generated in the postsunset period and tend to have a very complex …

A characterization of intermediate-scale spread F structure from four years of high-resolution C/NOFS satellite data

CL Rino, CS Carrano, KM Groves, PA Roddy - Radio Science, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power law spectra have been invoked to interpret equatorial scintillation data for decades.
Published analyses of intensity and phase scintillation data typically report power law …

An investigation of the ionospheric disturbances due to the 2014 sudden stratospheric warming events over Brazilian sector

R De Jesus, IS Batista, OF Jonah… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The present study investigates the ionospheric F region response in the Brazilian sector due
to sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) events of 2014. The data used for this work are …

Multiscale modeling and nested simulations of three-dimensional ionospheric plasmas: Rayleigh–Taylor turbulence and nonequilibrium layer dynamics at fine scales

A Mahalov - Physica Scripta, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Multiscale modeling and high resolution three-dimensional simulations of nonequilibrium
ionospheric dynamics are major frontiers in the field of space sciences. The latest …

Gravity wave effects on postsunset equatorial F region stability

DL Hysell, R Jafari, DC Fritts… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of gravity waves on the stability of the postsunset equatorial F region
ionosphere is investigated numerically. For this investigation, we use the output of a direct …

Radar investigation of postsunset equatorial ionospheric instability over Kwajalein during project WINDY

DL Hysell, S Rao, KM Groves… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Advanced Research Projects Agency Long‐Range Tracking and Instrumentation
Radar (ALTAIR) data acquired during the NASA Waves and INstabilities from a Neutral …

Ionospheric irregularities: frontiers

DL Hysell, HC Aveiro, JL Chau - Modeling the ionosphere …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
There are several thermosphere ionosphere models with bottom boundaries somewhere in
the middle atmosphere. Achieving a true whole atmosphere modeling capability requires the …