Midlatitude Sporadic E. A Typical Paradigm of Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling

C Haldoupis - Space science reviews, 2012 - Springer
This paper provides a comprehensive update on sporadic E layers that is placed in the
context of atmosphere-ionosphere coupling, exemplified here by the fundamental windshear …

A Tutorial Review on Sporadic E Layers

C Haldoupis - Aeronomy of the Earth's Atmosphere and Ionosphere, 2011 - Springer
The sporadic E layers (Es) form in the dynamo region of the ionosphere when metallic ions
of meteoric origin are converged vertically in a wind shear. This paper provides a …

Forcing of the ionosphere by waves from below

J Laštovička - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2006 - Elsevier
Meteorological processes in the lower-lying layers, particularly in the troposphere, affect the
ionosphere predominantly through the upward propagating waves and their modifications …

Sporadic E morphology from GPS‐CHAMP radio occultation

DL Wu, CO Ao, GA Hajj… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The scintillations of phase and amplitude in terms of signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) of the GPS
radio occultation signal are caused by thin ionization layers. These thin irregular electron …

Estimation of ionospheric sporadic E intensities from GPS radio occultation measurements

C Arras, J Wickert - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
The radio occultation experiment aboard the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellites enables the
observation of phenomena in Earth's ionosphere on a global scale. Numerous radio …

Review of ionospheric irregularities and ionospheric electrodynamic coupling in the middle latitude region

Y Liu, C Zhou, T Xu, Q Tang, ZX Deng… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper briefly reviews ionospheric irregularities that occur in the E and F regions at mid‐
latitudes. Sporadic E (ES) is a common ionospheric irregularity phenomenon that is first …

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 …

An empirical model of the ionospheric sporadic E layer based on GNSS radio occultation data

B Yu, X Xue, CJ Scott, X Yue, X Dou - Space weather, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The intense plasma irregularities within the ionospheric sporadic E (Es) layers at 90–130 km
altitude have a significant impact on radio communications and navigation systems. As a …

An explanation for the seasonal dependence of midlatitude sporadic E layers

C Haldoupis, D Pancheva, W Singer… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The midlatitude sporadic E layers form when metallic ions of meteoric origin in the lower
thermosphere are converged vertically in a wind shear. The occurrence and strength of …

Ionogram height–time–intensity observations of descending sporadic E layers at mid-latitude

C Haldoupis, C Meek, N Christakis, D Pancheva… - Journal of atmospheric …, 2006 - Elsevier
A new methodology of ionosonde height–time–intensity (HTI) analysis is introduced which
allows the investigation of sporadic E layer (Es) vertical motion and variability. This …