Ionospheric Space Weather: Longitude and Hemispheric Dependences and Lower Atmosphere Forcing

This monograph is the outcome of an American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on longitude and hemispheric dependence of ionospheric space weather, including the impact of waves propagating from the lower atmosphere. The Chapman Conference was held in Africa as a means of focusing attention on an extensive geographic region where observations are critically needed to address some of the fundamental questions of the physical processes driving the ionosphere locally and globally.  The compilation of papers from the conference describes the physics of this system and the mechanisms that control ionospheric space weather in a combination of tutorial–like and focused articles that will be of value to the upper atmosphere scientific community in general and to ongoing global magnetosphere–ionosphere–thermosphere (MIT) modeling efforts in particular. A number of articles from each science theme describe details of the physics behind each phenomenon that help to solve the complexity of the MIT system. Because this volume is an outcome of the research presented at this first space science Chapman Conference held in Africa, it has further provided an opportunity for African scientists to communicate their research results with the international community. In addition, the meeting and this conference volume will greatly enhance the space science education and research interest in the African continent and around the world. Ionospheric Space Weather includes articles from six science themes that were discussed at the Chapman Conference in 2012. These include: Hemispherical dependence of magnetospheric energy injection and the thermosphere–ionosphere response Longitude and hemispheric dependence of storm–enhanced densities (SED) Response of the thermosphere and ionosphere to variability in solar radiation Longitude spatial structure in total electron content and electrodynamics Temporal response to lower–atmosphere disturbances Ionospheric irregularities and scintillation Ionospheric Space Weather: Longitude Dependence and Lower Atmosphere Forcing will be useful to both active researchers and advanced graduate students in the field of physics, geophysics, and engineering, especially those who are keen to acquire a global understanding of ionospheric phenomena, including observational information from all longitude sectors across the globe. INDICE: Table of Content . CONTENTS . List of Contributors . Preface . PART I. HEMISPHERICAL DEPENDENCE OF MAGNETOSPHERIC ENERGY INJECTION AND THE THERMOSPHERE–IONOSPHERE RESPONSE . Chapter 1             Inter–Hemispheric Asymmetries in Magnetospheric Energy Input .                                 Eftyhia Zesta, Athanasios Boudouridis, James M. Weygand, Endawoke Yizengaw, . Mark B. Moldwin, and Peter Chi . Chapter 2             Simultaneity and Asymmetry in the Occurrence of Counter Equatorial Electrojet along African Longitudes .                                 A. Babatunde Rabiu, Olanike O. Folarin, Teiji Uozumi, and Akimasa Yoshikawa . Chapter 3            Stormtime Equatorial Electrojet Ground Induced Currents: Increasing Power Grid Space Weather Impacts at Equatorial Latitudes .                                 Mark B. Moldwin and Justin S. Tsu . Chapter 4            Differences in Midlatitude Ionospheric Response to Magnetic Disturbances at Northern and Southern Hemispheres and Anomalous Response during the Last Extreme Solar Minimum . Dalia Bure ová and Jan La tovièka . PART II. LONGITUDE DEPENDENCE OF STORM–ENHANCED DENSITIES (SEDS) . Chapter 5            Longitude and Hemispheric Dependencies in Storm–Enhanced Density . Roderick A. Heelis . Chapter 6            Solar Cycle 24 Observations of Storm Enhanced Density and the Tongue of Ionization .                                 Anthea J. Coster, Philip J. Erickson, John C. Foster, Evan Thomas, J. Michael . Ruohoniemi, and Joseph Baker . Chapter 7            A Global Ionospheric Range Error Correction Model for Single Frequency GNSS Users . Norbert Jakowski and Mohammed M. Hoque . III. LONGITUDE SPATIAL STRUCTURE IN TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT AND ELECTRODYNAMICS . Chapter 8            Determining the Longitude Dependence of Vertical E×B Drift Velocities Associated with the 4–cell, Non–migrating Tidal Structure . David Anderson and Tzu–Wei Fang . Chapter 9            Imaging the Global Vertical Density Structure from the Ground and Space .                                 Endawoke Yizengaw and Brett A. Carter . Chapter 10          On the longitudinal dependence of the equatorial electrojet .                                 Vafi Doumbia and Oswald Didier Franck Grodji . Chapter 11          Tomographic Reconstruction of Ionospheric Electron Density Using Altitude–Dependent Regularization Strength over Eastern Africa Longitude Sector .                                 Gizaw Mengistu Tsidu, Gebreab Kidanu Zewdie, and Gebregiorgis Abraha . Chapter 12           Variation of the Total Electron Content with Solar Activity during the Ascending Phase of Solar Cycle 24 Observed at Makerere University, Kampala .                                 Florence M. D ujanga, Phillip Opio, and Francis Twinomugisha . Chapter 13          Longitudinal Dependence of Day–To–Day Variability of Critical Frequency of Equatorial Type Sporadic E (foEsq) .                                 Emmanuel O. Somoye, Andrew O. Akala, Aghogho Ogwala, Rasaq A. Adeniji–Adele, Enerst E. Iheonu, and Eugene O. Onori . IV. TEMPORAL RESPONSE TO LOWER ATMOSPHERE DISTURBANCES . Chapter14            Impact of Migrating Tides on Electrodynamics during the January 2009 Sudden Stratospheric Warming .                                 Tim Fuller–Rowell, Tzu–Wei Fang, Houjun Wang, Vivien Matthias, Peter Hoffmann, Klemens Hocke, and Simone Studer . Chapter 15           Simultaneous Measurements and Monthly Climatologies of Thermospheric Winds and Temperatures in the Peruvian and Brazilian Longitudinal Sectors .                                 John W. Meriwether, Jonathan J. Makela, and Daniel J. Fisher . Chapter 16          Observations of TIDs over South and Central America .                                 Cesar E. Valladares, Robert Sheehan, and Edgardo E. Pacheco . Chapter 17          Modeling the East–African Ionosphere . Melessew Nigussie, Baylie Damtie, Endawoke Yizengaw, and Sandro M. Radicella . V. RESPONSE OF THE THERMOSPHERE AND IONOSPHERE TO VARIABILITY IN SOLAR RADIATION . Chapter 18           Ionospheric Response to X–ray and EUV Flux Changes During Solar Flares: A Review . Ludger Scherliess . Chapter 19          Spectrally–Resolved X–Ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Irradiance Variations During Solar Flares .                                 Thomas N. Woods, Francis G. Eparvier, and James P. Mason . VI. IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES AND SCINTILLATION . Chapter 20           Effect of Magnetic Declination on Equatorial Spread F Bubble Development .                                 Joseph D. Huba . Chapter 21          Global Ionospheric Electron Density Disturbances During the Initial Phase of a Geomagnetic Storm on April 5, 2010 .                                 Chigomezyo M. Ngwira and Anthea J. Coster . Index .   .  

• ISBN: 978-1-118-92920-9
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 02/01/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés