Publications

2024

Lindberg, M., Vaivads, A., Amano, T., Raptis, S., and Joshi, S., Electron acceleration at Earth's bow shock due to stochastic shock drift acceleration, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, 2024.
Boteler, D. H., Chakraborty, S., Shi, X., Hartinger, M. D., & Wang, X., An examination of geomagnetic induction in submarine cables, Space Weather, 22, 2024.

2023

Bao, S., Wang, W., Sorathia, K., Merkin, V., Toffoletto, F., Lin, D., et al., The Relation Among the Ring Current, Subauroral Polarization Stream, and the Geospace Plume: MAGE Simulation of the 31 March 2001 Super Storm, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128, 2023.
Sciola, A., V. G. Merkin, K. Sorathia, M. Gkioulidou, S. Bao, F. Toffoletto, K. Pham, D. Lin, A. Michael, M. Wiltberger, A. Ukhorskiy, The Contribution of Plasma Sheet Bubbles to Stormtime Ring Current Buildup and Evolution of Its Energy Composition, JGR Space Physics, 128, 2023.
Kakoti, G., Bagiya, M.S., Laskar, F.I., Lin, D., Unveiling the combined effects of neutral dynamics and electrodynamic forcing on dayside ionosphere during the 3–4 February 2022 “SpaceX” geomagnetic storms, Sci Rep, 13, 2023.
Sorathia, K. A., A. Michael, V. G. Merkin, S. Ohtani, A. M. Keesee, A. Sciola, D. Lin, J. Garretson, A. Y. Ukhorskiy, S. Bao, C. B. Roedig, A. Pulkkinen, Multiscale Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling During Stormtime: A Case Study of the Dawnside Current Wedge, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128, 2023.
Huba, J. D. and H.-L. Liu, Modeling the Development of Plasmasphere Ducts and Irregularities With SAMI3/WACCM-X, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, 2023.
He, J., Astafyeva, E., Yue, X., Pedatella, N. M., Lin, D., Fuller-Rowell, T. J., et al., Comparison of Empirical and Theoretical Models of the Thermospheric Density Enhancement During the 3–4 February 2022 Geomagnetic Storm, Space Weather, 21, 2023.
Kunduri, B. S. R., P. J. Erickson, J. B. H. Baker, J. M. Ruohoniemi, I. A. Galkin, K. T. Sterne, Dynamics of Mid-Latitude Sporadic-E and Its Impact on HF Propagation in the North American Sector, JGR Space Physics, 128, 2023.
Ohtani, S., K. Sorathia, V. G. Merkin, H. U. Frey, J. W. Gjerloev, External and Internal Causes of the Stormtime Intensification of the Dawnside Westward Auroral Electrojet, JGR Space Physics, 2023.
Huba, J. D., H.-L. Liu, J. McInerney, Modeling the Development of an Equatorial Plasma Bubble During a Midnight Temperature Maximum With SAMI3/WACCM-X, Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, 2023.
Boteler, D. , Chakraborty, S. , Shi, X. , Hartinger, M. and Wang, X., Transmission Line Modelling of Geomagnetic Induction in the Ocean/Earth Conductivity Structure, International Journal of Geosciences, 14, 767-791, 2023.
Zou, Y., L.-J. Chen, B. M. Walsh, B. Burkholder, Y. Ma, W. A. Bristow, L. R. Lyons, J. Liu, S. Tian, S. Yadav, A. J. Coster, K. A. McWilliams, Hemispheric symmetry and asymmetry of poleward moving radar auroral forms (PMRAFs) and associated polar cap patches during a geomagnetic storm, Frontiers in Physics Sec. Space Physics, 11, 2023.
Allen, R. C., Gibson, S. E., Hewins, I., Vines, S. K., Qian, L., de Toma, G., et al., A mosaic of the inner heliosphere: Three Carrington rotations during the Whole Heliosphere and Planetary Interactions Interval, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128, 2023.
Liu, H.-L., W. Wang, J. D. Huba, P. H. Lauritzen, F. Vitt, Atmospheric and Ionospheric Responses to Hunga-Tonga Volcano Eruption Simulated by WACCM-X, Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, 2023.
Cai, X., Wang, W., Eastes, R., Qian, L., Pedatella, N., Aa, E., Zhang, S.-R., Coster, A., Daniell, R., & McClintock, W., Equatorial Ionization Anomaly Discontinuity observed by GOLD, COSMIC-2 and ground-based GPS receivers' network, Geophysical Research Letters, 2023GL1029, 2023.
Gabrielse, C., Gkioulidou, M., Merkin, S., Malaspina, D., Turner, D. L., Chen, M. W., Ohtani, S.-I., Nishimura, Y., Liu, J., Birn, J., Deng, Y., Runov, A., McPherron, R., L., Keesee, A., Lui, A. T. Y., Mesoscale phenomena and their contribution to the global response: a focus on the magnetotail transition region and magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, Front. Astron. Space Sci., 10, 1151339, 2023.
Aa, E., Zhang, S.-R., Liu, Q., Eastes, R., Wang, W., Karan, D., Qian, L., Coster, A., Erickson, P., & Derghazarian, S., Statistical Analysis of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Climatology and Multi-day Periodicity Using GOLD Observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, 2023.
Wu, H., Lu, X., Wang, W., & Liu, H., Simulation of the Propagation and Effects of Gravity Waves Generated by Tonga Volcano Eruption in the Thermosphere and Ionosphere Using Nested-Grid TIEGCM, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 128, e2023JA031, 2023.
Laskar, F. I., Sutton, E. K., Lin, D., Greer, K. R., Aryal, S., Cai, X., et al., Thermospheric temperature and density variability during 3–4 February 2022 minor geomagnetic storm, Space Weather, 21, e2022SW003, 2023.
Cai, X., Wang, W., Lin, D., Eastes, R. W., Qian, L., Zhu, Q., et al., Investigation of the Southern Hemisphere mid-high latitude thermospheric ∑O/N2 responses to the Space-X storm, ournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128, e2022JA031, 2023.
Gan, Q., Qian, L., Pedatella, N., Wu, Y.-J., Correira, J., Wang, W., McClintock, W., & Eastes, E, GOLD synoptic observations of thermospheric annual and semiannual variations in composition during solar minimum years, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, 2023.
Lu, X., Wu, H., Kaeppler, S., Meriwether, J., Nishimura, Y., Wang, W., Li, J., & Shi, X., Understanding strong neutral vertical winds and ionospheric responses to the 2015 St. Patrick’s day storm using TIEGCM driven by data-assimilated aurora and electric fields, Space Weather, 21, e2022SW003, 2023.
Arnold, H., Sorathia, K., Stephens, G., Sitnov, M., Merkin, V. G., & Birn, J., Data Mining Inspired Localized Resistivity in Global MHD Simulations of the Magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128, 2023.
Huang, C., Zhang, Y., Wang, W., Wu, Q., Lin, D., & Qian, L., Ionospheric Oscillations with a Quasi-Period of ~6 Hours during Intense Magnetic Storms, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 128, e2022JA031, 2023.

2022

Lin, D., et al., Thermospheric Neutral Density Variation During the “SpaceX” Storm: Implications From Physics-Based Whole Geospace Modeling, Space Weather, 20, 2022.
Wu, Q., Wang, W., Lin, D., Huang, C., & Zhang, Y., Penetrating Electric Field Simulated by the MAGE and Observed by ICON, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 127, e2022JA030, 2022.
Lin et al., Origin of Dawnside Subauroral Polarization Streams During Major Geomagnetic Storms, AGU Advances, 3, 2022.
Ohtani, S.-I., New Insights From the 2003 Halloween Storm Into the Colaba 1600 nT Magnetic Depression During the 1859 Carrington Storm, JGR: Space Physics, 127, 2022.
Shi, X., Lin, D., et al., Geospace Concussion: Global Reversal of Ionospheric Vertical Plasma Drift in Response to a Sudden Commencement, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, 2022.
Keesee, A. M., Katus, R., Tibbetts, J., Liu, J., Zhang, X., & Sorathia, K. A., Automated detection algorithm for mesoscale heated regions in TWINS ion temperature maps, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 127, 2022.
Huang, C., Zhang, Y., Wang, W., Lin, D., & Wu, Q., Behaviors of ionospheric topside ion density, ion temperature and electron temperature during the 20 November 2003 superstorm,, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 127, e2022JA03, 2022.
Huang, C., Zhang, Y., Wang, W., Wu, Q. & Lin, D., Continuous Enhancements of Electron Temperature in the Subauroral Ionosphere over Eight Days during the 2015 St. Patrick's Day Storm, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 127, e2022JA030, 2022.
Aa., E., Zhang, S.-R., Wang, W., Erickson, P., Qian, L., Eastes, R., Harding, B., Immel, T., Danell, R., Coster, A., Goncharenko, L., Vierinen, J., Cai, X., & Spicher, A., Pronounced suppression and X-pattern merging of equatorial ionization anomalies after the 2022 Tonga volcano eruption, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 127, e2022JA030, 2022.
Ukhorskiy, A. Y., Sorathia, K. A., Merkin, V. G., Crabtree, C., Fletcher, A. C., Malaspina, D. M., Scwartz, S. J., Cross-scale energy cascade powered by magnetospheric convection, Nature Scientific Reports, 12, 2022.
Mostafavi, P., V. G. Merkin, E. Provornikova, K. Sorathia, C. N. Arge, and J. Garretson, High-resolution Simulations of the Inner Heliosphere in Search of the Kelvin–Helmholtz Waves, The Astrophysical Journal, 925, 181, 2022.
Pham, K., B. Zhang, K. Sorathia, T. Dang, W. Wang, V. Merkin, H. Liu, D. Lin, M. Wiltberger, J. Lei, S. Bao, J. Garretson, F. Toffoletto, A. Michael, J. Lyon, Thermospheric Density Perturbations Produced by Traveling Atmospheric Disturbances During August 2005 Storm, JGR: Space Physics, 127, 2022.

2021

Lin, D., Sorathia, K., Wang, W., Merkin, V. G., Bao, S., Pham, K. H., ... & Anderson, B. J., The role of diffuse electron precipitation in the formation of subauroral polarization streams, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 126, 2021.
Sorathia, K. A., Michael, A., Merkin, V. G., Ukhorskiy, A. Y., Turner, D. L., Lyon, J., Garretson, J., Gkioulidou, M., Toffoletto, F. R., The Role of Mesoscale Plasma Sheet Dynamics in Ring Current Formation, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences Space Physics, 2021.
Ohtani, S.-I., Revisiting the Partial Ring Current Model: Longitudinal Asymmetry of Ground Magnetic Depression during Geomagnetic Storms, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2021.
Michael, A., K. Sorathia, V.G. Merkin, K. Nykyri, B. Burkholder, X. Ma, A.Y. Ukhorskiy, J. Garretson, Modeling Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the High-Latitude Boundary Layer in a Global Magnetosphere Simulation, Geophysical Research Letters, 2021.
Sciola, A., Toffoletto, F., Alexander, D., Sorathia, K., Merkin, V., & Farrish, A., Incorporating Inner Magnetosphere Current-driven Electron Acceleration in Numerical Simulations of Exoplanet Radio Emission, Astrophysical Journal, 914, 2021.
Cohen, I. J., Turner, D. L., Michael, A. T., Sorathia, K. A., & Ukhorskiy, A. Y., Investigating the link between outer radiation belt losses and energetic electron escape at the magnetopause: A case study using multi-mission observations and simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, 2021.
Laundal, K., Yee, J. H., Merkin, V. G., Gjerloev, J. W., Vanhamaki, H., Reistad, J. P., ... & Sorathia, K., Electrojet estimates from mesospheric magnetic field measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, 2021.
Liu, H. L., Effective vertical diffusion by atmospheric gravity waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, 2021.

2020

Stephens, G. K., Bingham, S. T., Sitnov, M. I., Gkioulidou, M., Merkin, V. G., Korth, H., ... & Ukhorskiy, A. Y., Storm Time Plasma Pressure Inferred From Multimission Measurements and Its Valida-tion Using Van Allen Probes Particle Data, Space Weather, 18, 2020.
Sorathia, K. A., Merkin, V. G., Panov, E. V., Zhang, B., Lyon, J. G., Garretson, J., ... & Wiltberger, M., Ballooning-interchange instability in the near-Earth plasma sheet and auroral beads: Global magnetospheric modeling at the limit of the MHD approximation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, 2020.
Huba, J. D., & Liu, H.-L., Global Modeling of Equatorial Spread F with SAMI3/WACCM-X, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, 2020.
Lu, G., Zakharenkova, I., Cherniak, I., & Dang, T., Large-Scale Ionospheric Disturbances During the 17 March 2015 Storm: A Model-Data Comparative Study, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 125, 2020.