Ionospheric Storms — A Review |
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Authors: | Buonsanto MJ |
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Institution: | (1) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, 01886, U.S.A |
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Abstract: | 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 extreme form of space weather with important effects on ground- and space-based
technological systems. These phenomena are driven by highly variable solar and magnetospheric energy inputs to the Earth's
upper atmosphere, which continue to provide a major difficulty for attempts now being made to simulate the detailed storm
response of the coupled neutral and ionized upper atmospheric constituents using increasingly sophisticated global first principle
physical models. Several major programs for coordinated theoretical and experimental study of these storms are now underway.
These are beginning to bear fruit in the form of improved physical understanding and prediction of ionospheric storm effects
at high, middle, and low latitude.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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