The ionospheric connection explorer mission: Mission goals and design

TJ Immel, SL England, SB Mende, RA Heelis… - Space science …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, is a new NASA Explorer mission
that will explore the boundary between Earth and space to understand the physical …

Space Weather: From solar origins to risks and hazards evolving in time

N Buzulukova, B Tsurutani - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Space Weather is the portion of space physics that has a direct effect on humankind. Space
Weather is an old branch of space physics that originates back to 1808 with the publication …

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 …

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 …

Dayside global ionospheric response to the major interplanetary events of October 29–30, 2003 “Halloween Storms”

AJ Mannucci, BT Tsurutani, BA Iijima… - Geophysical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate extreme ionospheric response to the large interplanetary electric fields
during the “Halloween” storms that occurred on October 29 and 30, 2003. Within a few (2–5) …

Prompt penetration electric fields (PPEFs) and their ionospheric effects during the great magnetic storm of 30–31 October 2003

BT Tsurutani, OP Verkhoglyadova… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We explore the ionospheric effects of prompt penetration electric fields (PPEFs) for a variety
of interplanetary magnetic field directions. We use the great magnetic storm of 30–31 …

A physical mechanism of positive ionospheric storms at low latitudes and midlatitudes

N Balan, K Shiokawa, Y Otsuka… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A physical mechanism of the positive ionospheric storms at low latitudes and midlatitudes is
presented through multi‐instrument observations, theoretical modeling, and basic principles …

Investigation of the GOLD observed merged nighttime EIA with WACCM‐X simulations during the storm of 3 and 4 November 2021

K Wu, L Qian, W Wang, X Cai… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
During the storm on 3 and 4 November 2021, the Global‐scale Observations of the Limb
and Disk (GOLD) mission observed well separated equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) …

[HTML][HTML] The physics of space weather/solar-terrestrial physics (STP): what we know now and what the current and future challenges are

BT Tsurutani, GS Lakhina, R Hajra - Nonlinear Processes in …, 2020 - npg.copernicus.org
Major geomagnetic storms are caused by unusually intense solar wind southward magnetic
fields that im**e upon the Earth's magnetosphere (Dungey, 1961). How can we predict the …

Interplanetary causes and impacts of the 2024 May superstorm on the geosphere: An overview

R Hajra, BT Tsurutani, GS Lakhina, Q Lu… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The recent superstorm of 2024 May 10–11 is the second largest geomagnetic storm in the
space age and the only one that has simultaneous interplanetary data (there were no …