Day-to-day and short-term variabilities in the equatorial plasma bubble/spread F irregularity seeding and development

MA Abdu - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2019 - Springer
The background ionospheric conditions shaped by sunset electrodynamic processes are
responsible for the development of equatorial plasma bubble (EPB)/equatorial spread F …

Significant ionospheric hole and equatorial plasma bubbles after the 2022 Tonga volcano eruption

E Aa, SR Zhang, PJ Erickson, J Vierinen… - Space …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the local and global ionospheric responses to the 2022 Tonga
volcano eruption, using ground‐based Global Navigation Satellite System total electron …

Post-sunset rise of equatorial F layer—or upwelling growth?

RT Tsunoda, S Saito, TT Nguyen - Progress in Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Springer
According to the so-called upwelling paradigm, development of equatorial plasma bubbles
(EPBs) involves (1) appearance of an upwelling (ie, local uplift with a zonal width of~ 400 …

Equatorial plasma bubble seeding by MSTIDs in the ionosphere

H Takahashi, CM Wrasse, CAOB Figueiredo… - Progress in Earth and …, 2018 - Springer
Occurrences of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) and medium-scale traveling ionospheric
disturbances (MSTIDs) were studied using GPS satellite data-based total electron content …

Comparative analysis of spread‐F signature and GPS scintillation occurrences at Tucumán, Argentina

L Alfonsi, L Spogli, M Pezzopane… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze data recorded from October 2010 to September 2011, during the ascending
phase of the 24th solar cycle, from an Advanced Ionospheric Sounder‐Istituto Nazionale di …

Coordinated ground‐based and space‐based observations of equatorial plasma bubbles

E Aa, S Zou, R Eastes, DK Karan… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents coordinated and fortuitous ground‐based and spaceborne observations
of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) over the South American area on 24 October 2018 …

Upwelling: a unit of disturbance in equatorial spread F

RT Tsunoda - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2015 - Springer
Plasma structure in the nighttime equatorial F layer, often referred to as equatorial spread F
(ESF), is not uniformly distributed, either in time or in space. Observations indicate that ESF …

Assimilation of ionosphere observations in the whole atmosphere community climate model with thermosphere‐ionosphere extension (WACCMX)

NM Pedatella, JL Anderson, CH Chen… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A set of Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) are performed to assess the
impact of assimilating Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and …

Precursor signatures and evolution of post‐sunset equatorial spread‐F observed over Sanya

G Li, B Ning, MA Abdu, W Wan… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recent case studies on the precursor signatures of equatorial spread‐F (ESF) have shown a
one‐to‐one correspondence between the large‐scale wave structures (LSWS) and ESF …

Plasma bubble monitoring by TEC map and 630 nm airglow image

H Takahashi, CM Wrasse, Y Otsuka, A Ivo… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Equatorial ionosphere plasma bubbles over the South American continent were successfully
observed by mapping the total electron content (TECMAP) using data provided by ground …