• Do the Throat Auroras Create Polar Cap Patches? 

      Zhang, Duan; Zhang, Qing-He; Oksavik, Kjellmar; Xu, Tong; Xing, Zan-Yang; Lyons, L.R.; Han, De-Sheng; Zhang, Hong-Bo; Ma, Yu-Zhang; Hu, Ze-Jun; Liu, Jian-Jun; Wang, Yong; Wang, Xiang-Yu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Throat auroras and polar cap patches are common phenomena in the polar ionosphere resulting from magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. A campaign was organized, with all-sky imagers at Yellow River Station, the European ...
    • GPS Scintillations and TEC Variations in Association With a Polar Cap Arc 

      Wang, Yong; Cao, Zheng; Xing, Zan-Yang; Zhang, Qing-He; Jayachandran, P.T.; Oksavik, Kjellmar; Balan, Nanan; Shiokawa, Kazuo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      A unique example of a polar cap arc producing clear amplitude and phase scintillations in GPS L-band signals is presented using observations from an all-sky imager and a GPS receiver and a digital ionosonde at Resolute Bay ...
    • Multi-Instrument Observations of the Evolution of Polar Cap Patches Associated With Flow Shears and Particle Precipitation 

      Zhang, Duan; Zhang, Qing-He; Oksavik, Kjellmar; Xing, Zan-Yang; Lyons, L.R.; Yang, Hui-Gen; Li, Guo-Jun; Hosokawa, Keisuke; Shinbori, Atsuki; Ma, Yu-Zhang; Wang, Yong; Wang, Xiang-Yu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Simultaneous observations from Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, Swarm, Resolute Bay all-sky imagers, GPS Total Electron Content and Super Dual Auroral Radar Network, are used to investigate the evolution and key ...
    • Statistical Study of the Relationship Between Ion Upflow and Field-Aligned Current in the Topside Ionosphere for Both Hemispheres During Geomagnetic Disturbed and Quiet Time 

      Ma, Yu-Zhang; Zhang, Qing-He; Jayachandran, Periyadan T.; Oksavik, Kjellmar; Lyons, Lawrence R.; Xing, Zan-Yang; Zhou, Shan-Yu; Hairston, Marc; Wang, Yong (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      A statistical study of ion upflow and field‐aligned currents (FACs) has been performed in the topside ionosphere of both hemispheres for magnetic quiet and disturbed times by using DMSP satellite observations from 2010–2013. ...
    • Unusual shrinkage and reshaping of Earth’s magnetosphere under a strong northward interplanetary magnetic field 

      Wang, Xiang-Yu; Zhang, Qing-He; Wang, Chi; Zhang, Yong-Liang; Tang, Bin-Bin; Xing, Zan-Yang; Oksavik, Kjellmar; Lyons, Larry R.; Lockwood, Michael; Zong, Qiu-Gang; Li, Guo-Jun; Liu, Jing; Ma, Yu-Zhang; Wang, Yong (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The Earth’s magnetosphere is the region of space where plasma behavior is dominated by the geomagnetic field. It has a long tail typically extending hundreds of Earth radii (RE) with plentiful open magnetic fluxes threading ...