A brief review of equatorial ionization anomaly and ionospheric irregularities

N Balan, LB Liu, HJ Le - Earth and Planetary Physics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Following a brief history and progress of ionospheric research, this paper presents a brief
review of the recent developments in the understanding of two major phenomena in low and …

Challenges to equatorial plasma bubble and ionospheric scintillation short-term forecasting and future aspects in east and southeast Asia

G Li, B Ning, Y Otsuka, MA Abdu, P Abadi, Z Liu… - Surveys in …, 2021 - Springer
Equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) can cause rapid fluctuations in amplitude and phase of
radio signals traversing the ionosphere and in turn produce serious ionospheric …

Extreme poleward expanding super plasma bubbles over Asia‐Pacific region triggered by Tonga volcano eruption during the recovery‐phase of geomagnetic storm

PK Rajesh, CCH Lin, JT Lin, CY Lin… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Tonga volcano eruption of 15 January 2022 unleashed a variety of atmospheric
perturbations, coinciding with the recovery‐phase of a geomagnetic storm. The ensuing …

Overview of nighttime ionospheric instabilities at low-and mid-latitudes: Coupling aspects resulting in structuring at the mesoscale

JJ Makela, Y Otsuka - Space Science Reviews, 2012 - Springer
We present a review of the current state of understanding regarding two classes of
irregularities causing mesoscale structuring (hundreds of kilometers) in the nighttime …

On the occurrence of postmidnight equatorial F region irregularities during the June solstice

G Li, B Ning, MA Abdu, X Yue, L Liu… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Postmidnight equatorial F region irregularities (EFIs) are known to develop mainly during the
solstitial months. However, it is not well understood whether they occur at all longitudes and …

On equatorial spread F: Establishing a seeding hypothesis

RT Tsunoda - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A comprehensive explanation for the complex climatology of the so‐called equatorial spread
F (ESF) has eluded researchers for more than 70 years. Recently, however, a seeding …

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 …

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 …

Periodic spacing between consecutive equatorial plasma bubbles

JJ Makela, SL Vadas, R Muryanto… - Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze three‐years of data collected by a field‐aligned airglow imaging system located
at the Cerro Tololo Inter‐American Observatory near La Serena, Chile to determine the …

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 …