Initial ionospheric ion line results and evaluation by Sanya incoherent scatter radar (SYISR)

H Hao, B Zhao, W Wan, X Yue, F Ding… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A new incoherent scatter radar (ISR) has recently been dedicated at Sanya (SYISR), China
(geographic 18.34° N and 109.62° E) to detect the low‐latitude ionospheric plasma by …

Estimation of ion temperature in the upper ionosphere along the Swarm satellite orbits

L Lomidze, JK Burchill, DJ Knudsen… - Earth and Space …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ion temperature is one of the key parameters that provides insight into the thermal balance
of the coupled ionosphere‐thermosphere system. Together with the temperatures of neutral …

Forecasting equatorial ionospheric convective instability with ICON satellite measurements

DL Hysell, A Kirchman, BJ Harding, RA Heelis… - Space …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Measurements from the Ionospheric Connections Explorer satellite (ICON) form the
basis of direct numerical forecast simulations of plasma convective instability in the …

Ratio Between Over‐Satellite Electron Content and Plasma Density Measured by Swarm: A Proxy for Topside Scale Height

J Park - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In‐situ plasma density (Ne) and Over‐Satellite Electron Content (OSEC) measured at Low‐
Earth‐Orbit (LEO) are basic parameters for analyzing ionospheric plasma. In this study, we …

Topside measurements at Jicamarca during the 2019–2020 deep solar minimum

S Derghazarian, DL Hysell… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present measurements of the equatorial topside ionosphere above Jicamarca made
during extremely low solar flux conditions during the deep solar minimum of 2019–2020 …

Characterization of GNSS amplitude scintillations over Addis Ababa during 2009–2013

AO Akala, AH Ejalonibu, PH Doherty… - Advances in Space …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study characterizes GNSS amplitude scintillations over an African equatorial station:
Addis Ababa (Lat 9.03° N, Lon 38.77° E, Mag. lat 0.18° N), Ethiopia during a five-year period …

Altitudinal Variation of O+ Scale Height at the Equatorial Topside Ionosphere

S Gao, C Xiong, Z Zhu, W Zhan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Altitude variation of the topside ionospheric electron density or its scale height has been
widely investigated in the past. However, as the oxygen ion (O+) is an important indicator for …

Isolated peak of oxygen ion fraction in the post‐noon equatorial F‐region: ICON and SAMI3/WACCM‐X

J Park, JD Huba, R Heelis… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the equatorial region, the fraction of oxygen ions (O+) in the topside ionosphere contains
information on the source altitude of the plasma, which is controlled, in part, by the vertical …

Where does the plasmasphere begin? Revisit to topside ionospheric profiles in comparison with plasmaspheric TEC from Jason‐1

HB Lee, YH Kim, E Kim, J Hong… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Topside ionospheric profiles have been measured by Alouette 1 and ISIS 1/2 in the periods
of 1962–1972 and 1972–1979, respectively. The profiles cover from the orbital altitude of …

The Effect of Oxygen on the Limiting H+ Flux in the Topside Ionosphere

J Krall, JD Huba - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Naval Research Laboratory Sami2 is Another Model of the Ionosphere (SAMI2)
ionosphere/plasmasphere code is used to examine the physics of ionosphere outflow from …