[HTML][HTML] Opinion: Recent developments and future directions in studying the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

JMC Plane, J Gumbel, KS Kalogerakis… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
This article begins with a review of important advances in the chemistry and related physics
of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region of the atmosphere that have …

Contribution of the Chinese Meridian Project to space environment research: Highlights and perspectives

C Wang, J Xu, L Liu, X Xue, Q Zhang, Y Hao… - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Chinese Meridian Project (CMP) is devoted to establishing a comprehensive
ground-based monitoring network for China's space weather research. CMP is a major …

An empirical model of the ionospheric sporadic E layer based on GNSS radio occultation data

B Yu, X Xue, CJ Scott, X Yue, X Dou - Space weather, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The intense plasma irregularities within the ionospheric sporadic E (Es) layers at 90–130 km
altitude have a significant impact on radio communications and navigation systems. As a …

Global Sporadic‐E Occurrence Rate Climatology Using GPS Radio Occultation and Ionosonde Data

TJ Hodos, OA Nava, EV Dao… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An updated global climatology of blanketing sporadic E (Es) is developed from a combined
data set of Global Positioning System (GPS) radio occultation (RO) and ground‐based …

Sporadic E morphology based on COSMIC radio occultation data and its relationship with wind shear theory

J Luo, H Liu, X Xu - Earth, Planets and Space, 2021 - Springer
The S4max data retrieved from the Constellation Observing System for the Meteorology,
Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) radio occultation (RO) measurements during 2007 to …

The lower thermospheric winter‐to‐summer meridional circulation: 2. Impact on atomic oxygen

JC Wang, J Yue, W Wang, L Qian… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a companion study of the Part 1 (JC Wang et al., 2022, https://doi. org/10.1029/
2022JA030948), the impact of the lower‐thermospheric circulation on atomic oxygen (O) in …

A statistical analysis of sporadic-E characteristics associated with GNSS radio occultation phase and amplitude scintillations

DJ Emmons, DL Wu, N Swarnalingam - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Statistical GNSS-RO measurements of phase and amplitude scintillation are analyzed at the
mid-latitudes in the local summer for a 100 km altitude. These conditions are known to …

[HTML][HTML] Self-consistent global transport of metallic ions with WACCM-X

J Wu, W Feng, HL Liu, X Xue, DR Marsh… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract The NCAR Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with thermosphere and
ionosphere eXtension (WACCM-X) v2. 1 has been extended to include the neutral and ion …

Occurrence and variations of middle and low latitude sporadic E layer investigated with longitudinal and latitudinal chains of ionosondes

Q Tang, J Zhao, Z Yu, Y Liu, L Hu, C Zhou… - Space …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A longitudinal chain and a latitudinal chain of ionosondes, located at Yakutsk (129.60° E,
62.00° N), Mohe (122.37° E, 53.50° N), Beijing (116.25° E, 40.25° N), Wuhan (114.61° E …

Estimation model of global ionospheric irregularities: an artificial intelligence approach

P Tian, B Yu, H Ye, X Xue, J Wu, T Chen - Space weather, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ionospheric sporadic E layer, the ionospheric irregularities of enhanced electron
density, appears in the Earth's ionosphere at altitudes between 90 and 120 km, which …