Resolving the generation mechanisms and electrodynamical effects of Medium Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (MSTIDs)
The term “Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances” is used to describe a number of different propagating phenomena in ionospheric plasma density with a scale size of hundreds of km. This includes multiple generation mechanisms, including ion-neutral collisions, plasma instabilities, and electromagnetic forcing. Observational limitations can impede characterization and identification of MSTID generation mechanisms. We discuss inconsistencies in the current terminology used to describe these and provide a set of recommendations for description and discussion.
Authors
- Anna Belehaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9270-5387)
- J. Klenzing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8321-6074)
- Stephen Kaeppler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1932-0330)
- Weizheng Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0803-2165)
- N. A. Frissell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8398-4222)
- C. A. O. B. Figueiredo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4423-5111)
- Meghan Burleigh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3932-1456)
- M. D. Zettergren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9837-059X)
- Shun‐Rong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1946-3166)
- Pavel Inchin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-1023)
- J. D. Huba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7372-0007)
- J. M. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8191-4765)
- D. A. Hickey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7082-5126)
- Kate Zawdie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7192-4356)
- Viswanathan Lakshmi Narayanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4113-7938)
- A. G. Burrell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8875-9326)
- Elvira Astafyeva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3819-3835)
- Tatsuhiro Yokoyama
- Chao Xiong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1105-3373)
- Mani Sivankandan
Institutions
- University of Scranton (US)
- United States Naval Research Laboratory (US)
- Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
- Institut de physique du globe de Paris (FR)
- University of America (US)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (BR)
- Syntek Technologies (United States) (US)
- National Observatory of Athens (GR)
- Northeast Radio Observatory Corporation (US)
- Computational Physics (United States) (US)
- Krea University
- University of Rostock (DE)
- Nagoya University (JP)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Clemson University (US)
- Catholic University of America (US)
- Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2025.1539821
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- Goddard Space Flight Center