Ionospheric storms—A review

MJ Buonsanto - Space Science Reviews, 1999 - Springer
In this paper, our current understanding and recent advances in the study of ionospheric
storms is reviewed, with emphasis on the F2-region. Ionospheric storms represent an …

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 …

The 15 January 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption history as inferred from ionospheric observations

E Astafyeva, B Maletckii, TD Mikesell… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract On 15 January 2022, the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai submarine volcano erupted
violently and triggered a giant atmospheric shock wave and tsunami. The exact mechanism …

Ionospheric F-region storms

GW Prölss - Handbook of Atmospheric Electrodynamics (1995), 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter describes the energy source responsible for the disturbance effects and its
parameterization by geomagnetic activity indices. It discusses of ionospheric storm effects at …

Ionospheric response to the 2015 St. Patrick's Day storm: A global multi‐instrumental overview

E Astafyeva, I Zakharenkova… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first multi‐instrumental results on the ionospheric response to the
geomagnetic storm of 17–18 March 2015 (the St. Patrick's Day storm) that was up to now the …

Storms in the ionosphere: Patterns and processes for total electron content

M Mendillo - Reviews of Geophysics, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The ionosphere's total electron content (TEC) is a parameter widely used in studies of the
near‐Earth plasma environment. The scientific use of TEC appeared early in the artificial …

Pronounced suppression and X‐pattern merging of equatorial ionization anomalies after the 2022 Tonga volcano eruption

E Aa, SR Zhang, W Wang, PJ Erickson… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Following the 2022 Tonga Volcano eruption, dramatic suppression and deformation
of the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) crests occurred in the American sector∼ 14,000 …

How the thermospheric circulation affects the ionospheric F2-layer

H Rishbeth - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 1998 - Elsevier
After a historical introduction in Section 1, the paper summarizes in Section 2the physical
principles that govern the behaviour of the ionospheric F2-layer. Section 3reviews the …

Patterns of F2-layer variability

H Rishbeth, M Mendillo - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial …, 2001 - Elsevier
The ionosphere displays variations on a wide range of time-scales, ranging from operational
time-scales of hours and days up to solar cycles and longer. We use ionosonde data from …

Middle‐and low‐latitude ionosphere response to 2015 St. Patrick's Day geomagnetic storm

B Nava, J Rodríguez‐Zuluaga… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a study of the St Patrick's Day storm of 2015, with its ionospheric
response at middle and low latitudes. The effects of the storm in each longitudinal sector …