Retrospect and prospect of ionospheric weather observed by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2

Tiger Jann-Yenq Liu; Charles Chien‐Hung Lin; Chi‐Yen Lin; I-Te Lee; Yang-Yi Sun; Shih-Ping Chen; Fu-Yuan Chang; Panthalingal Krishnanunni Rajesh; Chih-Ting Hsu; Tomoko Matsuo; Chia-Hung Chen; Ho‐Fang Tsai

doi:10.1007/s44195-022-00019-x

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (Jul 2022)

Retrospect and prospect of ionospheric weather observed by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2

Tiger Jann-Yenq Liu,
Charles Chien‐Hung Lin,
Chi‐Yen Lin,
I-Te Lee,
Yang-Yi Sun,
Shih-Ping Chen,
Fu-Yuan Chang,
Panthalingal Krishnanunni Rajesh,
Chih-Ting Hsu,
Tomoko Matsuo,
Chia-Hung Chen,
Ho‐Fang Tsai

Affiliations

Tiger Jann-Yenq Liu: Center for Astronautical Physics and Engineering, National Central University
Charles Chien‐Hung Lin: Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University
Chi‐Yen Lin: Center for Astronautical Physics and Engineering, National Central University
I-Te Lee: Space Weather Operation Office, Center Weather Bureau
Yang-Yi Sun: Institute of Geophysics and Geomatics, China University of Geosciences
Shih-Ping Chen: Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University
Fu-Yuan Chang: Department of Space Science and Engineer, National Central University
Panthalingal Krishnanunni Rajesh: Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University
Chih-Ting Hsu: High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Tomoko Matsuo: Ann and H. J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
Chia-Hung Chen: Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University
Ho‐Fang Tsai: Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44195-022-00019-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 33, no. 1
pp. 1 – 29

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Key Points FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 uniformly observe 3D electron density. FORMOSAT-3 and FORMOSAT-7 enable ionospheric weather forecasting. FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 TGRS and IVM have a better understanding of the electrodynamics of ionospheric plasma.

Published in Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

ISSN: 1017-0839 (Print); 2311-7680 (Online)
Publisher: Springer
Country of publisher: Singapore
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Science: Physics: Geophysics. Cosmic physics
Website: https://www.springer.com/journal/44195

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