2024 Meetings

104th AMS

• 21SPACEWX Ionospheric Observations during the 14 Oct 2023 Annual Eclipse Shunrong Zhang, MIT, Westford, MA; and A. J. Coster, P. J. Erickson, E. Aa, and L. P. Goncharenko
• 21SPACEWX Impact of Stratospheric Gravity Waves and Polar Vortex on Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Larisa Goncharenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA; and S. Derghazarian, V. L. Harvey, C. Randall, S. Zhang, and A. J. Coster

CEDAR (6 presentations)

• Monday: Grand Challenge (Impact of Terrestrial Weather on the Space Weather of the ITM )
• Monday:  Understanding middle and subauroral ionospheric variability and storm science through long-duration and short-term observational campaigns
• Tuesday: Planning coordinated observations of ionosphere, thermosphere, and mesosphere from space and ground
• Tuesday: Atmosphere-Space Coupling Studies with Advanced Observations and Numerical Modeling towards IPY 2032 and 2033
• Wednesday:  Plasma Structuring in the Polar Cap – Definition, Generation Mechanisms, and Properties of Polar Cap Patches
• Friday: The 2024 Mother’s Day Storm: opportunities and challenges in storm-time ionosphere and thermosphere system research

AOGS

ST30-A014 | Invited
Coordinated Ground-based Ionosphere-thermosphere Observations During the Dec 1-2, 2023 Geospace Storm
Shunrong ZHANG^1#+, Jiuhou LEI², Jiyao XU³, Liwen REN³, Philip ERICKSON¹, Ercha AA¹, Anthea COSTER^1
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ²University of Science and Technology of China, ³Chinese Academy of Sciences

ST30-A015
Simulation of Nighttime Medium-scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances in the Midlatitude Ionosphere During Stormtime

Xiaochuan WANG¹⁺, Jiuhou LEI^1#, Shunrong ZHANG², Zezhong LI¹, Tong DANG¹, Xiaoli LUAN¹, Xiankang DOU^1
1University of Science and Technology of China, ²Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ST30-A013
Directly Observation of Space Hurricane Disturbed Polar Thermosphere

Zhi-Feng XIU¹⁺, Yu-Zhang MA^1#, Qing-He ZHANG^2,1, Zanyang XING¹, Shunrong ZHANG³, Yongliang ZHANG⁴, Kjellmar OKSAVIK⁵, Larry LYONS⁶, Michael LOCKWOOD⁷, Yong WANG^1
1Shandong University, China, ²National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, ³Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, ⁴Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States, ⁵University of Bergen, Norway, ⁶University of California, Los Angeles, United States, ⁷University of Reading, United Kingdom

ST18-A006 | Invited
Geospace Storm Induced Medium Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances at Midlatitudes

Shunrong ZHANG^1#+, Yukitoshi NISHIMURA², Philip ERICKSON¹, Ercha AA¹, Hyosub KIL³, Yue DENG⁴, Evan THOMAS⁵, Anthea COSTER¹, Juha VIERINEN^6
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ²Boston University, ³Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, ⁴The University of Texas at Arlington, ⁵Dartmouth College, ⁶University of Tromsø

COSPAR 2024

Zhang et al. (2024) Statistical investigation of auroral activities and their connection to background ionospheric conditions using GNSS receiver networks (solicited) 45th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Busan, Korea, 13 to 21 July 2024.

Zhang et al. (2024), Ionospheric responses from subauroral to equatorial latitudes to prompt storm-time electric fields: scenarios of intense and frequently subtle global impacts (solicited) 45th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Busan, Korea, 13 to 21 July 2024.

IMCP 2024 Workshop

Zhang S. R., L. Ren, J. Xu, J. Lei, P. J. Erickson, A. J. Coster, A. Bhatti, Geospace disturbances during the Dec 1, 2023 storm of the IMCP-ISR coordinated campaign, IMCP 2024 Workshop, Sept 23-27, 2024

IRI Workshop

Zhang S.R., A. J. Coster and P. J. Erickson, Characterization of the auroral zone using GNSS observations in 2010-2023, IRI Capacity Building School  and Workshop: Sept 2-13, 2024, Kilifi, Kenya

SMILE Mission 2024 Science Team Meeting

Zhang, S.-R., Ground-based incoherent scatter radar and GNSS campaign study of magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling, Oct 8-12, Akureyri, Iceland.

JHU-APL Workshop (Oct 28-Nov 2024)

Zhang S.-R. et al. (2024) Global Ionospheric Disturbances During the 10–11 May 2024 Superstorm, JHU-APL Workshop MAY 2024 SOLAR & GEOSPACE SUPERSTORM WORKSHOP, Oct 28-Nov 1, 2024

MU-Radar 40th Anniversary

Zhang, S.-R. and L., Ren Geospace disturbance study enabled by coordinated observations of ground-based networks (virtual) International Symposium on the MU-radar 40th Anniversary, Kyoto University

AGU

1. Singh, D., Zhang, S., & Goncharenko, L. P. (2025). Long-term trends in NmF2/hmF2 related to secular variation of Earth’s main magnetic field. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, A32H-08. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
2. Erickson, P. J., Zhang, S., Coster, A., Goncharenko, L. P., Volz, R., Swoboda, J. P., & Aa, E. (2025). Ground-based remote sensing tools for mesoscale studies of ionospheric and thermospheric dynamics. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA14A-02.  9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
3. Li, R., Lei, J., & Zhang, S. (2025). Exploring gravity waves and Lamb waves in the upper atmosphere induced by the Tonga volcanic eruption. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA22A-09. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
4. Derghazarian, S., Goncharenko, L. P., Zhang, S., Coster, A., Harvey, V. L., & Randall, C. (2025). Non-local connections between stratospheric gravity waves, stratospheric and mesospheric winds, and medium scale traveling ionospheric disturbances. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA23C-2683. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
5. Goncharenko, L. P., Derghazarian, S., Aponte, N., Panasenko, S., Kotov, D. V., Bogomaz, O. V., Zhang, S., Coster, A., Paxton, L. J., Skipa, V., Reznychenko, M. O., Harvey, V. L., & Vadas, S. (2025). Separation of disturbances from natural and anthropogenic sources in the ionosphere above Ukraine. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA23D-05. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
6. Lu, X., Wu, H., Heale, C. J., England, S., & Zhang, S. (2025). Impacts of thunderstorm-generated gravity waves on the ionosphere-thermosphere using TIEGCM-NG/MAGIC simulations and comparisons with GNSS TEC, ICON, and COSMIC-II observations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA23D-06. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
7. Foster, J. C., Coster, A., Erickson, P. J., Nishimura, T., Zhang, S., & Bush, D. (2025). Imaging the May 2024 extreme aurora with ionospheric total electron content and distributed ground-based instrumentation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA31B-02. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
8. Li, Q., He, M., Wang, W., Zhang, S., & Qian, L. (2025). Quantitative analysis on the role of downward plasma diffusion in the ionospheric winter nighttime enhancement and Weddell Sea anomaly. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA31D-2466. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
9. Zhang, S., Liu, J., Erickson, P., Coster, A., Goncharenko, L. P., & Derghazarian, S. (2025). Global GNSS observations of medium-scale ionospheric irregularities over a full solar cycle. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA31E-2478. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
10. Wang, W., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., & Wang, C. (2025). Poleward motion of nighttime medium-scale ionospheric disturbances at middle latitudes over China, North America, and Europe. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA31E-2485. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
11. Liu, J., Zhang, S., & Liu, H. (2025). Statistical analysis of the medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances over the American longitude sector. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA31E-2488. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
12. Wang, X., Lei, J., Zhang, S., Li, Z., Dang, T., Luan, X., & Dou, X. (2025). Simulation of nighttime medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances in the midlatitude ionosphere during stormtime. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA32A-02. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
13. Zhang, J., Wang, W., Xu, J., Wang, C., Ruohoniemi, J. M., Nishitani, N., Zhang, S., Dang, T., Wang, X. Y., & Zhang, Q. H. (2025). Southward flow in subauroral region observed from newly constructed Chinese SuperDARN radars (CN-DARN). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA32A-06. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
14. Themens, D. R., Elvidge, S., McCaffrey, A. M., Jayachandran, P. T., Coster, A., Varney, R. H., Galkin, I. A., Goodwin, L. V., Watson, C., Maguire, S., Kavanagh, A. J., Zhang, S., Goncharenko, L. P., Bhatt, A., Dorrian, G., Groves, K. M., Reid, B., & Wood, A. (2025). The high latitude ionospheric response to the major May 2024 geomagnetic storm: A synoptic view. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA33B-2523. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
15. Goncharenko, L. P., Zhang, S., Coster, A., Erickson, P., Aponte, N., Derghazarian, S., Singh, D., Cardona Serrano, M., Vierinen, J., Aa, E., & Rideout, W. (2025). Multi-instrument analysis of ionospheric perturbations caused by the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA44A-02. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
16. Coster, A., Zhang, S., Goncharenko, L. P., Aponte, N., Singh, D., Erickson, P., & Barjatya, A. (2025). GNSS analysis of temporal and spatial changes in the total electron content during 8 April 2024: Data collection, real-time analysis, and final analysis. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA51D-2728. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
17. Gallardo-Lacourt, B., Zhang, S., & Erickson, P. J. (2025). Open questions and future directions in subauroral ionosphere research. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA53C-2769. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
18. Zhang, S., Erickson, P., Aponte, N., Coster, A., Goncharenko, L. P., & Aa, E. (2025). Global ionospheric disturbances during the 10-11 May 2024 superstorm. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA53D-09. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
19. Coster, A., Aponte, N., Wang, Y., Groves, K. M., Kraemer, K., Morton, J., & Zhang, S. (2025). Scintillation measurements in the CEDAR Madrigal database in support of SPARTA. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SH24B-06. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
20. Derghazarian, S., Goncharenko, L. P., Cardona Serrano, M., Zhang, S., Coster, A., Erickson, P. J., Singh, D., & Rideout, W. (2025). Mid-latitude ionospheric variations above the Eastern U.S. during the April 2024 solar eclipse using Millstone Hill ISR. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SH51D-2933. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
21. Goodwin, L. V., Yu, S., Zhang, P., Beser, K., Chen, B., Gary, D. E., Mondal, S., Perry, G. W., & Zhang, S. (2025). Multi-modal observation of traveling ionospheric disturbances during the October 2023 and April 2024 solar eclipses: Insights from OVRO-LWA radio imaging and GPS data. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SH51E-2944. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
22. Erickson, P. J., Volz, R., Swoboda, J. P., Coster, A., Lind, F. D., Zhang, S., & Goncharenko, L. P. (2025). Terrestrial ionospheric radio/radar remote sensing: Using single and networked systems for geospace science. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SH53D-07. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
23. Erickson, P. J., Aa, E., Huba, J. D., Zhang, S., Coster, A., Goncharenko, L. P., Vierinen, J., & Rideout, W. (2025). Combined observational and modeling analysis of three-dimensional ionospheric electron density variations during the April 2024 total solar eclipse. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SH54B-01. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
24. Chatterjee, P., Jin, M., Zhang, S., & Deng, Y. (2025). Traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) pattern recognition using deep learning models. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SM14A-06. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
25. Cardona Serrano, M., Derghazarian, S., Goncharenko, L. P., Zhang, S., & Singh, D. (2025). Isolating geospace responses to the April 8th, 2024, solar eclipse using high-resolution machine learning models and geophysical indices. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SM21C-2697. 9–13 December 2024, Washington D.C, USA.
26. Gan, Q., Pedatella, N. M., Wu, Y. J., Zhang, S., Wang, W., & Gallardo-Lacourt, B. (2025). Dynamics of the thermosphere and ionosphere system at low, middle, and subauroral latitudes driven by external and internal forcing. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA31B.

27. Gan, Q., Zhang, S., Pedatella, N. M., Wu, Y. J., Wang, W., & Gallardo-Lacourt, B. (2025). Dynamics of the thermosphere and ionosphere system at low, middle, and subauroral latitudes driven by external and internal forcing II. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA32A.

29. Gan, Q., Zhang, S., Pedatella, N. M., Wu, Y. J., Wang, W., & Gallardo-Lacourt, B. (2025). Dynamics of the thermosphere and ionosphere system at low, middle, and subauroral latitudes driven by external and internal forcing III. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA51C.

30. Gan, Q., Zhang, S., Pedatella, N. M., Wu, Y. J., Wang, W., & Gallardo-Lacourt, B. (2025). Dynamics of the thermosphere and ionosphere system at low, middle, and subauroral latitudes driven by external and internal forcing IV. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA53C.