New aspects of the upper atmospheric disturbances caused by the explosive eruption of the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano

A Shinbori, Y Otsuka, T Sori, M Nishioka, P Septi… - Earth, Planets and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) undersea volcanic eruption that
occurred at 04: 15 UT on 15 January 2022 is one of the most explosive events in the modern …

Generation of equatorial plasma bubble after the 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption

A Shinbori, T Sori, Y Otsuka, M Nishioka… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Equatorial plasma bubbles are a phenomenon of plasma density depletion with small-scale
density irregularities, normally observed in the equatorial ionosphere. This phenomenon …

Wind and solar energy in Small Island Developing States for mitigating global climate change

PH Havea, B Su, C Liu, ZW Kundzewicz, Y Wang… - iScience, 2024 - cell.com
Despite contributing less than 1% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Small Island
Developing States (SIDS) have the potential to drive global mitigation actions by advocating …

Volcanic eruption triggers a rare meteotsunami in the Indian Ocean

N Anup, B Rohith, V Vijith, L Rose… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents the observation and evaluation of a meteotsunami in the Indian Ocean
triggered by the Hunga‐Tonga volcanic eruption. The event was detected through tide …

Occurrence of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) over the Indian region on 15 January 2022 and their plausible connection to the Tonga volcano eruption

RK Barad, S Sripathi, S Banola… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study focuses on the causes for the generation of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs)
over the Indian subcontinent and their correlation with atmospheric‐ionospheric …

Assessing the impact of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption on the structure of the Brewer-Dobson circulation: Possible Implications

V Veenus, SS Das - Advances in Space Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study deals with the effect of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption on
altering the structure of Brewer-Dobson circulation (BDC) that occurred on 15 January 2022 …

Impact of Tonga volcanic eruption on the ionosphere based on ground-based GNSS and COSMIC occultation data

X Chen, R Zhang, X Kong, Z Liang, L Su… - Advances in Space …, 2025 - Elsevier
The eruption of large volcanoes may potentially disturb the upper atmosphere, causing
disturbances in ionospheric plasma and triggering irregular changes in the Total Electron …

Thunderstorm-induced Ionospheric perturbations observed over the Indian equatorial sector using VHF radar and GNSS data

V Rakesh, S Haridas, C Sivan… - … on Geoscience and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electromagnetic waves and atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs) attributed to
thunderstorm/lightning events can alter the ionospheric conductivity and produce total …

Geomagnetic storm-induced perturbations over Indian equatorial ionosphere

S Haridas, V Rakesh, MG Manoj… - Advances in Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study reveals the geomagnetic storm-induced ionospheric perturbations observed over
the near-equatorial Indian stations-Cochin and Changanacherry in 2021. The 205 MHz VHF …

Lightning and Gravity Wave Signatures Produced by the Hunga‐Tonga Volcanic Eruption on Global Geomagnetic Data

NP Chandrasekhar, R Archana… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Acoustic gravity waves (AGWs) have a significant impact on the thermosphere‐ionosphere
(T‐I) system by increasing ionisation variability, transporting energy, velocity, momentum …