Publications

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lin, D., et al., Thermospheric Neutral Density Variation During the “SpaceX” Storm: Implications From Physics-Based Whole Geospace Modeling, Space Weather, 20, 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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
Huba, J. D., & Liu, H.-L., Global Modeling of Equatorial Spread F with SAMI3/WACCM-X, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, 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.
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.