| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Recent Advances in the Mid- and Low-Latitude Ionosphere |
| Main Convener | Dr. Charles Lin (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Jann-Yenq (Tiger) Liu (National Central University, Taiwan) Dr. Larry Paxton (The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States) |
| Session Description | The behavior of the mid- and low-latitude ionosphere is significantly affected by variations in solar output and the neutral atmosphere effects. Day-to-day variations of the upward propagating neutral atmospheric effects modify the equatorial dynamo electric field and result in variability of the ionospheric plasma during magnetically quiescent periods. On the other hand dynamic variations and anomalous ionospheric variations are formed during magnetic disturbances. The increasing number of ground- and space-based ionospheric observations provides increasingly detailed information on the interaction of the mid- and low-latitude ionosphere with the underlying atmosphere and external inputs. This session solicits studies of the ionospheric morphology, irregularities, disturbances, and long-term climatology during deep solar minimum at mid- and low-latitude regions using ground-based and satellite observations as well as theoretical modeling works. |