Midlatitude Ionospheric Dynamics and Disturbances: (181 Geophysical Monograph Series)

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 181. Filling the need for a 20-year lag in substantial consideration of the midlatitude ionosphere, this volume focuses on work that takes advantage of GPS and UV imaging from satellites over the past decade, two methods that have profoundly transformed our understanding of this stratum of the atmosphere. Its interdisciplinary content brings together researchers of the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, polar and equatorial ionospheres, and space weather. Modeling and assimilative imaging of the ionosphere and thermosphere show for the first time the complex and global impact of midlatitude ionospheric storms. The editors invited the leading experts in the following areas to contribute the chapters herein: Characterization of Midlatitude Storms Electric Field Coupling From the Heliosphere and Inner Magnetosphere Thermospheric Control of the Midlatitude Ionosphere Ionospheric Irregularities Experimental Methods and New Techniques These themes were chosen to create a path for understanding the midlatitude ionosphere. They continue to be largely valid and represent a coherent division of the subject matter. They will be critical for understanding space weather during the upcoming solar maximum. This book was inspired by the Chapman Conference of the same name held January 2007.

Table of Contents:
Preface Paul M. Kintner Jr ix Midlatitude Ionospheric Dynamics and Disturbances: Introduction Paul M. Kintner Jr., Anthea J. Coster, Tim Fuller-Rowell, Anthony J. Mannucci, Michael Mendillo, and Roderick Heelis 1 Section I: Characterization of Midlatitude Storms Review and Overview Ionospheric Storms at Mid-Latitude: A Short Review Gerd W. Prölss 9 The Mid-Latitude Trough—Revisited Alan Rodger 25 Assimilation of Observations With Models to Better Understand Severe Ionospheric Weather at Mid-Latitudes Jan J. Sojka, R. W. Schunk, D. C. Thompson, L. Scherliess, and M. David 35 Low- and Middle-Latitude Ionospheric Dynamics Associated With Magnetic Storms R. A. Heelis 51 A Data-Model Comparative Study of Ionospheric Positive Storm Phase in the Midlatitude F Region G. Lu, L. P. Goncharenko, A. J. Coster, A. D. Richmond, R. G. Roble, N. Aponte, and L. J. Paxton 63 Recent Results High-Resolution Observations of Subauroral Polarization Stream-Related Field Structures During a Geomagnetic Storm Using Passive Radar Melissa G. Meyer 77 Ionization Dynamics During Storms of the Recent Solar Maximum C. N. Mitchell, P. Yin, P. S. J. Spencer, and D. Pokhotelov 83 Mapping the Time-Varying Distribution of High-Altitude Plasma During Storms G. S. Bust and Geoff Crowley 91 Section II: Electric Field Coupling From the Heliosphere and Inner Magnetosphere Review and Overview Interplanetary Causes of Middle Latitude Ionospheric Disturbances Bruce T. Tsurutani, Ezequiel Echer, Fernando L. Guarnieri, and Olga P. Verkhoglyadova 99 Ionospheric-Magnetospheric-Heliospheric Coupling: Storm-Time Thermal Plasma Redistribution John C. Foster 121 Recent Results The Linkage Between the Ring Current and the Ionosphere System P. C. Brandt, Y. Zheng, T. S. Sotirelis, K. Oksavik, and F. J. Rich 135 Storm Phase Dependence of Penetration of Magnetospheric Electric Fields to Mid and Low Latitudes Takashi Kikuchi, Kumiko K. Hashimoto, and Kenro Nozaki 145 Relating the Interplanetary-Induced Electric Fields With the Low-Latitude Zonal Electric Fields Under Geomagnetically Disturbed Conditions Adela Anghel, David Anderson, Jorge Chau, Kiyohumi Yumoto, and Archana Bhattacharyya 157 Simulation of PPEF Effects in Dayside Low-Latitude Ionosphere for the October 30, 2003, Superstorm Olga P. Verkhoglyadova, Bruce T. Tsurutani, Anthony J. Mannucci, Akinori Saito, Tohru Araki, David Anderson, M. Abdu, and J. H. A. Sobral 169 Impact of the Neutral Wind Dynamo on the Development of the Region 2 Dynamo T. W. Garner, Geoff Crowley, and R. A. Wolf 179 Section III: Thermospheric Control of the Mid-Latitude Ionosphere Review and Overview Global Modeling of Storm-Time Thermospheric Dynamics and Electrodynamics T. J. Fuller-Rowell, A. D. Richmond, and N. Maruyama 187 Thermospheric Dynamics at Low and Mid-Latitudes During Magnetic Storm Activity J. W. Meriwether 201 Disturbed O/N2 Ratios and Their Transport to Middle and Low Latitudes Geoff Crowley and R. R. Meier 221 Storm Time Energy Budgets of the Global Thermosphere William J. Burke 235 Recent Results Sources of F-Region Height Changes During Geomagnetic Storms at Mid Latitudes Mariangel Fedrizzi, T. J. Fuller-Rowell, Naomi Maruyama, Mihail Codrescu, and Hargobind Khalsa 247 Neutral Composition and Density Effects in the October-November 2003 Magnetic Storms T. J. Immel, Geoff Crowley, J. M. Forbes, R. S. Nerem, and E. K. Sutton 259 Optical and Radio Observations and AMIE/TIEGCM Modeling of Nighttime Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances at Midlatitudes During Geomagnetic Storms K. Shiokawa, T. Tsugawa, Y. Otsuka, T. Ogawa, G. Lu, A. Saito, and M. Yamamoto 271 Section IV: Ionospheric Gradients, Irregularities and User Needs A Digest of Electrodynamic Coupling and Layer Instabilities in the Nighttime Midlatitude Ionosphere Roland T. Tsunoda 283 Irregularities Within Subauroral Polarization Stream-Related Troughs and GPS Radio Interference at Midlatitudes Evgeny Mishin and Natan Blaunstein 291 DEMETER Satellite Observations of Plasma Irregularities in the Topside Ionosphere at Low, Middle, and Sub-Auroral Latitudes and Their Dependence on Magnetic Storms Robert F. Pfaff Jr., Carmen Liebrecht, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Michel Malingre, Michel Parrot, and Jean-Pierre Lebreton 297 Optical and Radio Observations of Structure in the Midlatitude Ionosphere: Midlatitude Ionospheric Dynamics and Disturbances Jonathan J. Makela 311 Section V: Experimental Methods and New Techniques Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD): New Observing Capabilities for the Ionosphere-Thermosphere R. W. Eastes, W. E. McClintock, M. V. Codrescu, A. Aksnes, D. N. Anderson, L. Andersson, D. N. Baker, A. G. Burns, S. A. Budzien, R. E. Daniell, K. F. Dymond, F. G. Eparvier, J. E. Harvey, T. J. Immel, A. Krywonos, M. R. Lankton, J. D. Lumpe, G. W. Prölss, A. D. Richmond, D. W. Rusch, O. H. Siegmund, S. C. Solomon, D. J. Strickland, and T. N. Woods 319