The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 radio occultation mission after 12 years: Accomplishments, remaining challenges, and potential impacts of COSMIC-2

S Ho, RA Anthes, CO Ao, S Healy… - Bulletin of the …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Launched in 2006, the Formosa Satellite Mission 3–Constellation Observing
System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC) was the first …

A brief review of equatorial plasma bubbles

AS Patil, DP Nade, A Taori, RP Pawar, SM Pawar… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) have long been studied and are becoming increasingly
important because they cause severe scintillations in radio waves from Global Navigation …

The Swarm satellite loss of GPS signal and its relation to ionospheric plasma irregularities

C Xiong, C Stolle, H Lühr - Space weather, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this study we investigated conditions for loss of GPS signals observed by the Swarm
satellites during a 2 year period, from December 2013 to November 2015. Our result shows …

Occurrence probability and amplitude of equatorial ionospheric irregularities associated with plasma bubbles during low and moderate solar activities (2008–2012)

CS Huang, O de La Beaujardiere… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present a statistical analysis of the occurrence probability of equatorial spread F
irregularities measured by the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System …

Characterizing GPS radio occultation loss of lock due to ionospheric weather

X Yue, WS Schreiner, NM Pedatella, YH Kuo - Space weather, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Transient loss of lock is one of the key space weather effects on the Global Navigation
Satellite System (GNSS). Based on the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology …

Global equatorial plasma bubble occurrence during the 2015 St. Patrick's Day storm

BA Carter, E Yizengaw, R Pradipta… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
An analysis of the occurrence of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) around the world during
the 2015 St. Patrick's Day geomagnetic storm is presented. A network of 12 Global …

Statistical analysis of equatorial plasma bubbles climatology and multi‐day periodicity using GOLD observations

E Aa, SR Zhang, G Liu, RW Eastes… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study develops a new Bubble Index to quantify the intensity of 2‐D postsunset
equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) in the American/Atlantic sector, using Global‐scale …

Mars' ionopause: A matter of pressures

B Sánchez‐Cano, C Narvaez, M Lester… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study assesses under what circumstances the Martian ionopause is formed on the
dayside, both in regions where there are strong crustal magnetic fields and areas where …

Coordinated ground‐based and space‐based observations of equatorial plasma bubbles

E Aa, S Zou, R Eastes, DK Karan… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents coordinated and fortuitous ground‐based and spaceborne observations
of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) over the South American area on 24 October 2018 …

The potential for observing African weather with GNSS remote sensing

OA Isioye, L Combrinck, JO Botai… - Advances in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
When compared to the wide range of atmospheric sensing techniques, global navigation
satellite system (GNSS) offers the advantage of operating under all weather conditions, is …