Space Physics and Aeronomy, Ionosphere Dynamics and Applications

List of Contributors Preface Part I: The Polar Cap and Auroral Ionosphere 1. Magnetospheric energy input to the high-latitude ionosphere Cheryl Huang 2. High-latitude ionospheric convection Steve Milan 3. Multi-scale dynamics in the high-latitude ionosphere Yukitoshi Nishimura 4. Recent advances in polar cap density structure research Shasha Zou 5. Polar cap O+ ion outflow and its impact on magnetospheric dynamics Binzhen Zhang Part II: The Subauroral and Mid-Latitude Ionosphere 6. Ionospheric storm enhanced density plumes John Foster 7. Ion outflow and lobe density: Interhemispheric asymmetries Stein Haaland 8. Meso- and small-scale structure of subauroral geospace Evgeny Mishin Part III: The Low-Latitude Ionosphere 9. Equatorial ionospheric electrodynamics Bela Fejer 10. Theory and Modeling of Equatorial Spread F Joe Huba 11. Observations of Equatorial Spread F: A Working Hypothesis Roland Tsunoda 12. The Equatorial Electrojet Hermann Luehr 13. Equatorial ionization anomaly variations during geomagnetic storms Xiaoli Luan Part IV: Global Ionospheric Processes 14. Penetration of the magnetospheric electric fields to the low latitude ionosphere Takashi Kikuchi 15. Ionosphere and thermosphere coupling at mid- and subauroral latitudes Shunrong Zhang 16. Sudden stratospheric warming impacts on the ionosphere-thermosphere system - A review of recent progress Larisa Goncharenko 17. Ionospheric Dynamics and Its Strong Longitudinal Dependences Endawoke Yizengaw 18. Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Yuichi Otsuka Part V: Ionospheric Impacts on Applications 19. Ionospheric Effects on HF Radio Wave Propagation Manuel Cervera 20. Ionospheric Scintillation Effects on Satellite Navigation Seebany Datta-Barua 21. Ionospheric Disturbances Related to Earthquakes Kosuke Heki 22. Atmospheric and ionospheric disturbances caused by tsunamis Michael Hickey