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2024
Wang, Z., Zou, S., Huba, J., Ridley, A. (2024) Development of Super Plasma Bubbles during the Sep. 7, 2017 Geomagnetic Storm Revealed by Coupled GITM-SAMI3 Simulations, Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112211
AGU Editorial Network, Challenges facing scientific publishing in the field of Earth & space sciences. AGU Advances, 5, e2024AV001334, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024AV001334, 2024.
Lynch, K. A., Erlandson, R. E., Samara, M., Anderson, B., Bortnik, J., Burleigh, M., Knudsen, D., Deshpande, K., Hampton, D., Kistler, L., LaBelle, J., Lyon, J., MacDonald, E., Michell, R., Mouikis, C., Myers, S., Nakamura, R., Nikoukar, R., Magnes, W., Rau, D., Russell, G., Schulz, C., Torbert, R., van Irsel, J., Vines, S., Zettergren, M., Zou, S. (2024). Auroral Reconstruction CubeSwarm: A 2019 Heliophysics Medium-Class Explorer Phase A Concept Study Section D: Science. NASA Technical Reports Server. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20240008784
Erlandson, R. E., Lynch, K. A., Samara, M., Anderson, B., Bortnik, J., Burleigh, M., Knudsen, D., Deshpande, K., Hampton, D., Kistler, L., LaBelle, J., Lyon, J., MacDonald, E., Michell, R., Mouikis, C., Myers, S., Nakamura, R., Nikoukar, R., Magnes, W., Rau, D., Russell, G., Schulz, C., Torbert, R., van Irsel, J., Vines, S., Zettergren, M., Zou, S. (2024). Auroral Reconstruction CubeSwarm: A 2019 Heliophysics Medium-Class Explorer Phase A Concept Study Section E: Science Implementation. NASA Technical Reports Server. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20240008781
Iong, D., McAnear, M., Qu, Y., Zou, S., Toth, G., & Chen, Y. (2024). Sparse Variational Contaminated Noise Gaussian Process Regression with Applications in Geomagnetic Perturbations Forecasting. Data Science in Science, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/26941899.2024.2383281
Lugaz, N., Knipp, D., Morley, S. K., Liu, H., Hapgood, M., Carter, B., Zou, S., Lei, J., Welling, D. (2024). In Memoriam of editor Jennifer L. Gannon. Space Weather, 22, e2024SW004016. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024SW004016, non peer-reviewed.
Wang, X., Zou, S., Wang, Z., Sun, W., Chen, Y., & Tóth, G. (2024). Electron energization with bursty bulk flows: MHD with embedded particle-in-cell simulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL108645. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108645
Hill, S., T. Pulkkinen, A. Brenner, Q. A. Shidi, A. Mukhopadhyay, A. Kullen, H. Frey, S. Zou, M. Liemohn (2024) Magnetospheric sources of theta aurora: A case study comparing observations with SWMF global simulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL108002. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL108002
Cardenas-O’Toole, A. M.*, Zou, S., Ren, J.*, Wang, Z., & Jayachandran, P. T. (2024). Phase and amplitude scintillations associated with polar cap patches: Statistical and event analyses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 129, e2023JA031765. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JA031765
Aa, E., Zhang, S.-R., Zou, S., Wang, W., Wang, Z., Cai, X., et al. (2024). Significant midlatitude bubble-like ionospheric super-depletion structure (BLISS) and dynamic variation of storm-enhanced density plume during the 23 April 2023 geomagnetic storm. Space Weather, 22, e2023SW003704. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003704
2023
Carter, B. A., Lugaz, N., Morley, S. K., Gannon, J., Zou, S., & Liu, H. (2023). Space weather in the popular media, and the opportunities the upcoming solar maximum brings. Space Weather, 21, e2023SW003819. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003819. non peer-reviewed.
Wang, Z., Zou, S., & Cai, X. (2023). Hemispheric Asymmetries in Thermospheric Composition and Temperature: GOLD Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128, e2023JA031868. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JA031868
Noe Lugaz, Huixin Liu, Brett A. Carter, Jennifer Gannon, Shasha Zou, Steven K. Morley. New Space Companies Meet a “Normal” Solar Maximum. ESS Open Archive. September 01, 2023. DOI: 10.22541/essoar.169358344.40495578/v1. non peer-reviewed.
Rowland, D., Halford, A., Klenzing, jeffrey, Pfaff, R., Oliveira, D., Paxton, L., Drew Turner, Olga Verkhoglyadova, Zou, S. (2023). Cross-Scale and Cross-Regime Coupling in the ITM: Studying Weather, not just Climate, in the Middle and Upper Atmosphere. Bulletin of the AAS, 55(3). https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.041166a2. non peer-reviewed.
Lamarche, L., Goodwin, L., Nikoukar, R., Zettergren, M., Perry, G., & Zou, S. (2023). Polar Cap Science: Plasma Structuring. Bulletin of the AAS, 55(3). https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.1c52de67. non peer-reviewed.
Yee, J.-H., Gjerloev, J., Cohen, I. J., Mesquita, R. L. A., Paxton, L. J., Swartz, W. H., Gabrielse, C., Halekas, J., Lessard, M., Lysak, R., Mann, I., & Zou, S. (2023). Circuit: A Mission to Unlock the Secrets of Earth’s Global Current System. Bulletin of the AAS. https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.3164fd62. non peer-reviewed.
Wang, Z., Zou, S., Sun, H.*, & Chen, Y. (2023). Forecast global ionospheric TEC: Apply modified U-net on VISTA TEC dataset. Space Weather, 21, e2023SW003494. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003494
Sun, H.*, Y. Chen, S. Zou, J. Ren*, Y. Chang*, Z. Wang, A. Coster (2023), Complete global total electron content map database based on a video imputation algorithm VISTA, Sci Data10, 236 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02138-7
Christine Gabrielse, Matina Gkioulidou, Slava Merkin, David Malaspina, Drew L. Turner, Margaret W. Chen, Shin-ichi Ohtani, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Jiang Liu, Joachim Birn, Yue Deng, Andrei Runov, Robert McPherron, Amy Keesee, Anthony Tat Yin Lui, Cheng Sheng, Mary Hudson, Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Larry Lyons, Chih-Ping Wang, Emma L. Spanswick, Eric Donovan, Stephen Roland Kaeppler, Kareem Sorathia, Larry Kepko, Shasha Zou (2023) Mesoscale Phenomena and their Contribution to the Global Response: A Focus on the Magnetotail Transition Region and Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Front. Astron. Space Sci. Sec. Space Physics, Volume 10 – 2023 | doi: 10.3389/fspas.2023.1151339
J. Gannon, S. Morley, S. Morley, H. Liu, N. Lugaz, B. Carter, S. Zou (2023) Long-term support is needed for crucial ground-based sensor networks. ESS Open Archive. April 11, 2023. DOI: 10.22541/essoar.168123850.05664959/v1. non peer-reviewed.
Jivani, A., Sachdeva, N., Z. Huang, Y. Chen, B. Van der Holst, W. Manchester, D. Iong, H., Chen, S. Zou, X. Huan, G. Toth, (2022), Global Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification for Background Solar Wind using the Alfvén Wave Solar Atmosphere Model, Space Weather, 21, e2022SW003262. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022SW003262
Le G, Knipp DJ, Rastätter L, Lu G, Ozturk DS, Slavin JA, Maute A, Klenzing J, Zou S, Espley JR, Purucker M, Akhavan-Tafti M, Poh GK and Wang Z (2022), Next generation magnetic field measurements from low-earth orbit satellites enable enhanced space weather operations. Front. Astron. Space Sci. 9:1076892. doi: 10.3389/fspas.2022.1076892.
Al Shidi, Q., Pulkkinen, T., Toth, G., Brenner, A., Zou, S., & Gjerloev, J. (2022). A large simulation set of geomagnetic storms—Can simulations predict ground magnetometer station observations of magnetic field perturbations?Space Weather, 20, e2022SW003049. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022SW003049
Alfonsi, L.; Nicolas Bergeot; Pierre J. Cilliers; Giorgiana De Franceschi; Lisa Baddeley; Emilia Correia; Domenico Di Mauro; Carl-Fredrik Enell; Mark Engebretson; Reza Ghoddousi-Fard; Ingemar Haggstrom; Young-bae Ham; Georg Heygster; Geonhwa Jee; Antti Kero; Micahel Kosh; Hyuck-jin Kwon; Changsup Lee; Stefan Lotz; Liliana Macotela; Maria Federica Marcucci; Wojciech Jacek Miloch; Jade Morton; Takahiro Naoi; Monia Negusini; Noora Partamies; Boyan H. Petkov; Eric Pottiaux; Paul Prikryl; PR E. Shreedevi; Rikard Slapak; Luca Spogli; Judy Stephenson; Arantxa Maria Triana Gomez; Oleg A. Troshichev; Roeland Van Malderen; J. M. Weygand; Shasha Zou, (2022) Review of environmental monitoring by means of radio waves in the polar region: from Atmosphere to Geospace, Surveys in Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-022-09734-z
Hu Sun*. Zhijun Hua*. Jiaen Ren*. Shasha Zou. Yuekai Sun. Yang Chen. “Matrix completion methods for the total electron content video reconstruction.” Ann. Appl. Stat. 16 (3) 1333 – 1358, September 2022. https://doi.org/10.1214/21-AOAS1541
Lugaz, N., Gannon, J., Zou, S., Morley, S., Liu, H., Carter, B. A. (2022) 2024 Decadal Survey for Space and Solar Physics: Space Weather Inputs, space weather. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10511555.1, non peer-reviewed.
Lugaz, N., Carter, B. A., Gannon, J. L., Hapgood, M., Liu, H., O’Brien, T. P., Morley, S. K. and Zou, S. (2022). Thank you to our 2021 peer reviewers. Space Weather, 20, e2022SW003116. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022SW003116, non peer-reviewed.
Iong, D.*, Y. Chen, G. Toth, S. Zou, T. Pulkkinen, J. Ren, E. Camporeale, T. Gombosi (2022) New Findings from Explainable SYM-H Forecasting using Gradient Boosting Machines, Space Weather, 20, e2021SW002928. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021SW002928.
Mukhopadhyay, A., Welling, D., Liemohn, M., Ridley, A., Burleigh, M., Wu, C., Zou, S., Connor, H., Vandegriff, E., Dredger, P., Tóth, G. (2022). Global Driving of Auroral Precipitation : 1. Balance of Sources. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 127, e2022JA030323. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA030323
Wang, Z.* and S. Zou (2022) COMPASS: A New COnductance Model Based on PFISR And SWARM Satellite Observations. Space Weather, 20, e2021SW002958. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021SW002958
Forsythe, V. V., Kunduri, B., & Zou, S. (2021). Multi-instrument investigation of the polar holes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2021JA029795. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JA029795
Zou, S., Ren, J.*, Wang Z.*, Sun H.*, Chen Y. (2021) Impact of Storm-Enhanced Density (SED) on Ion Upflow Fluxes During Geomagnetic Storm, Front. Astron. Space Sci., doi: 10.3389/fspas.2021.746429
Zou, S., Perry, G.W. and Foster, J.C. (2021). Recent Advances in Polar Cap Density Structure Research. In Ionosphere Dynamics and Applications (eds C. Huang, G. Lu, Y. Zhang and L.J. Paxton). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119815617.ch4
Foster, J.C., Zou, S., Heelis, R.A. and Erickson, P.J. (2021). Ionospheric Storm-Enhanced Density Plumes. In Ionosphere Dynamics and Applications (eds C. Huang, G. Lu, Y. Zhang and L.J. Paxton). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119815617.ch6
Pulkkinen, T., T. I. Gombosi, A. J. Ridley, G. Toth, and S. Zou (2021), The Space Weather Modeling Framework goes open access, Eos, 102, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EO158300.
Gombosi, T. I., Y. Chen, A. Glocer, Z. Huang, X. Jia, M. W. Liemohn, W. B. Manchester, T. Pulkkinen, N. Sachdeva, Q. A. Shidi, I. V. Sokolov, J. Szente, V. Tenishev, G. Toth, B. Van der Holst, D. Welling, L. Zhao, and S. Zou (2021) What sustained multi-disciplinary research can achieve: The Space Weather Modeling Framework, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2021020. Co-authors are listed in alphabetical order.
Jin, H.*, Zou, S., Yan, C., Yang, G., Chen, G., Zhang, S., Yan, J., Yi, S., & Wang, Z. (2021). A statistical study of F- region 3.2-m-scale field-aligned irregularities (FAIs) occurrence and vertical plasma drift over Hainan: solar activity, season and magnetic activity dependences. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2020JA028932. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028932
Wang, Z.*, Zou, S., Liu, L.*, Ren, J.*, & Aa, E. (2021). Hemispheric Asymmetries in the Mid‐latitude Ionosphere During the September 7‐8 2017 Storm: Multi‐Instrument Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2020JA028829. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028829
Blanc, M.; Bounhir, A.; Donovan, E.; Falanga, M.; Foster, J.; Suiyan, F.; Giménez, A.; Gonzalez, W.; Gopalswamy, N.; Xiaocheng, G.; Klein, L.; Jiuhou, L.; Lester, M.; Liu, W.; Daren, L.; Opgenoorth, H.; Ouattara, F.; Oyama, K.-I.; Pierrard, V.; Xiushu, Q.; Rabiu, B.; Haiyan, R.; Liwen, R.; Xuhui, S.; Vasilyev, R.; Qian, W.; Jiyao, X.; Yihua, Y.; Fang, Y.; Xinan, Y.; Beichen, Z.; Qinghe, Z.; Shunrong, Z.; Zou., S. (2020). Science Objectives and Observation System for the International Meridian Circle., Taikong magazine, Vol. 19, ISSI-BJ forum report. Co-authors are listed alphabetically.
Liu, L.*, Zou, S., Yao, Y., & Wang, Z. (2020). Forecasting global ionospheric total electron content (TEC) using deep learning approach. Space Weather, 18, e2020SW002501. Accepted. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020SW002501
Aa, E., Erickson, P. J., Zhang, S.‐R., Zou, S., Coster, A. J., Goncharenko, L. P., & Foster, J. C. (2020). A statistical study of the subauroral polarization stream over North American sector using the Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radar 1979-2019 measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, e2020JA028584. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028584
Ren, J.*, Zou, S., Lu, J.*, Giertych, N., Chen, Y., Varney, R. H., & Reimer, A. S. (2020). Statistical study of ion upflow and downflow observed by the Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar (PFISR). Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, e2020JA028179. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028179
Nigusse, M., Moldwin, M., Radicella, S., Yizengaw, E., Zou, S., Nava, B. (2020) The effect of F-layer neutral wind on the monthly and longitudinal variability of equatorial ionosphere irregularities and drift velocity, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, e2019JA027671. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027671
Aa, E., Zou, S., & Liu, S. (2020). Statistical analysis of equatorial plasma irregularities retrieved from Swarm 2013‐‐2019 observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, e2019JA027022. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027022
Ren, J.*, Zou, S., Kendall, E., Coster, A., Sterne, K., & Ruohoniemi, M. (2020). Direct Observations of a Polar Cap Patch Formation Associated with Dayside Reconnection Driven Fast Flow. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, e2019JA027745. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027745
Aa, E., Zou, S., Erickson, P. J., Zhang, S.‐R., & Liu, S. (2020). Statistical analysis of the main ionospheric trough using Swarm in situ measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, e2019JA027583. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027583
Yue, C., Bortnik, J., Zou, S., Nishimura, Y., Foster, J. C., Coppeans, T.*, et al (2020). Episodic occurrence of field‐aligned energetic ions on the dayside. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086384.
Liu, L.*, Zou. S., Yao, Y., Aa, E. (2020) Multi-scale ionosphere responses to the May 2017 magnetic storm over the Asian sector, GPS solution, 24(1), 26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-019-0940-1.
Aa, E., Zou, S., Eastes, R., Karan, Deepak, Zhang, S.-R., Erickson, P. J., Coster, A. J. (2019), Coordinated ground-based and space-based observations of equatorial plasma bubbles, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027569 , Special section: Early results from the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission.
Liu, L.*, Yao, Y., Zou. S., Kong, J., Shan, L., Zhao, C., Zhai C. (2019) Ingestion of GIM-derived TEC data for updating IRI-2016 driven by effective IG indices over the European region, Journal of Geodesy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-019-01291-5.
Poh, G., Slavin, J. A., Lu, S., Le, G., Ozturk, D. S., Sun, W.‐J.,Zou. S., et al., (2019). Dissipation of Earthward Propagating Flux Rope Through Re‐reconnection with Geomagnetic Field: An MMS Case Study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA026451.
Wang, Z.*, Zou. S., Coppeans, T.*, Ren, j.*, Ridley, A., Gombosi, T. (2019). Segmentation of Storm Enhanced Density (SED) by Boundary Flows Associated with Westward Drifting Partial Ring current, Geophysical Research Letters, 46. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084041
Wang, C.‐P., Fuselier, S. A., Hairston, M., Zhang, X.‐j., Zou. S., Avanov, L. A., et al (2019). Event studies of O+ density variability within quiet‐time plasma sheet, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA026644
Ozturk, D.*, Zou. S., Slavin. J. A., Ridley, A. J. (2019), Response of the geospace system to the solar wind dynamic pressure decrease on 11 June 2017: Numerical models and observations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, 2613– 2627. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA026315.
Wang, Z.*, Zou, S. , Shepherd, S., Liang, J., Gjerloev, J., Ruohoniemi, J., Kunduri, B., Wygant, J. (2019), Multi-instrument observations of meso-scale enhancement of SAPS associated with an injection, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, 1770– 1784. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA026535.
Aa, E., Zou, S., Ridley, A. J., Zhang, S.‐R., Coster, A. J., Erickson, P. J., Liu, S., Ren, J.* (2019), Merging of storm‐time midlatitude traveling ionospheric disturbances and equatorial plasma bubbles, Space Weather , 17, 285 – 298, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW002101
Aa, E., Ridley, A. J., Huang, W., Zou, S., Liu, S., Coster, A. J., & Zhang, S. (2018), An Ionosphere Specification Technique Based on Data Ingestion Algorithm and Empirical Orthogonal Function Analysis Method, Space Weather , 16. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW001987
Ren, J.*, Zou, S., Gillies, R. G., Donovan, E., & Varney, R. H. (2018). Statistical Characteristics of Polar Cap Patches Observed by RISR‐C. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics , 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025621.
Jin, H.*, Zou, S., Chen, G., Yan, C., Zhang, S., & Yang, G. (2018), Formation and evolution of low‐latitude F region field‐aligned irregularities during the 7–8 September 2017 storm: Hainan coherent scatter phased array radar and digisonde observations, Space Weather ,16, 648–659. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW001865
Liang, J.,Donovan, E., Reimer, A., Hampton, D., Zou, S., & Varney, R. (2018), Ionospheric electron heating associated with pulsating auroras: Joint optical and PFISR observations. J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics , 123, 4430–4456. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JA025138.
Ozturk, D. S.*, Zou, S., Ridley, A. J., & Slavin, J. A. (2018), Modeling study of the geospace system response to the solar wind dynamic pressure enhancement on 17 March 2015. J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics , 123, 2974–2989. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA025099.
Aa, E., Huang, W., Liu, S., Ridley, A., Zou, S., Shi, L. et al. (2018), Midlatitude plasma bubbles over China and adjacent areas during a magnetic storm on 8 September 2017. Space Weather , 16, 321–331. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017SW001776.
Nita, G., Angryk, R., Aydin, B., Banda, J., Bastian, T., Berger, T., Bindi, V., Boucheron, L., Cao, W., Christian, E., de Nolfo, G., DeLuca, E., DeRosa, M., Downs, C., Fleishman, G., Fuentes, O., Gary, D., Hill, F., Hoeksema, T., Hu, Q., Ilie, R., Ireland, J., Kamalabadi, F., Korreck, K., Kosovichev, A., Lin, J., Lugaz, N., Mannucci, A., Mansour, N., Martens, P., Mays, L., McAteer, J., McIntosh, S. W., Oria, V., Pan, D., Panesi, M., Pesnell, W. D., Pevtsov, A., Pillet, V., Rachmeler, L., Ridley, A., Scherliess, L., Toth, G., Velli, M., White, S., Zhang, J., Zou, S. (2018) Roadmap for reliable ensemble forecasting of the Sun-Earth system, Pages: arXiv:1810.08728
Hartinger, M., S. Zou, K. Takahashi, X. Shi, R. Redmon, J. Goldstein, W. Kurth, and J.W. Bonnell (2017), Nightside Pi2 wave properties during an extended period with stable plasmapause location and variable geomagnetic activity, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics , 122, doi:10.1002/2017JA024708.
Ozturk, D.*, S. Zou, and J. A. Slavin (2017), IMF By effects on ground magnetometer response to increased solar wind dynamic pressure derived from global MHD simulations, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics , 122, doi:10.1002/2017JA023903.
Zou, S. , D. Ozturk*, R. Varney, and A. Reimer (2017), Effects of Sudden Commencement on the Ionosphere: PFISR Observations and Global MHD Simulation, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL072678.
Zou, S. , A. Ridley, X. Jia, E. Boyd*, M. Nicolls, A. Coster, E. Thomas, J. M. Ruohoniemi (2017), Multi-instrument observations of intense ion upflow fluxes associated with SED observed during the June 1, 2013 geomagnetic storm, J. Geophys. Res., 122, doi:10.1002/2016JA023697.
Heine, T.*, M. B. Moldwin, S. Zou (2017), Small-scale structure of the mid-latitude storm enhanced density plume during the March 17, 2015 St. Patrick’s day storm, J. Geophys. Res., 122, doi:10.1002/2016JA022965
Zou, S. and A. J. Ridley (2016), Modeling of the Evolution of Storm-Enhanced Density (SED) Plume during the Oct. 24-25, 2011 Geomagnetic Storm, in Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Solar System (eds C. R. Chappell, R. W. Schunk, P. M. Banks, J. L. Burch and R. M. Thorne), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9781119066880.ch16.
Moldwin, M. B., S. Zou, and Heine, T.* (2016), The story of plumes: the development of a new conceptual framework for understanding magnetosphere and ionosphere coupling, Ann. Geophys., 34 , 1243-1253, doi:10.5194/angeo-34-1243-2016.
Lyons, L., B. Gallardo-Lacourt, S. Zou, Y. Nishimura, W. Li, M. Gkioulidou, E. F. Donovan, J. M. Ruohoniemi, N. Nishitani (2016), 2013 March 17, 2013 storm: Synergy of Observations Related to Electric Field Drivers and Their Ionospheric and Magnetospehric Effects, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002/2016JA023237.
Sarno-Smith, L., M. W. Liemohn, R. Skoug, O. Santolik, S. Morley, A. Breneman, B. A. Larsen, G. Reeves, J. R. Wygant, G. Hospodarsky, C. Kletzing, M. B. Moldwin, R. M. Katus, S. Zou (2016), Hiss or Noise? Ambiguities in analyzing suprathermal ion plasma wave response, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 9619–9631, doi:10.1002/2016JA022975.
Heine, T.*, M. Moldwin, S. Zou, J. Arlas, A. Desai, B. Heidt, S. McCarty, A. Nastasoiu, and V. Singh (2015), A Cubesat concept for multipoint ionospheric GPS occultation, Journal of Small Satellite,.
Yu, Y., V. Jordanova, S. Zou, R. Heelis, M. Ruohoniemi, and J. Wygant (2015), Modeling subauroral polarization streams during the 17 March 2013 storm, J. Geophys. Res., 120, doi: 10.1002/2014JA020371.
Hartinger, M. D., M. B. Moldwin, S. Zou, J. W. Bonnell, and V. Angelopoulos (2015), ULF wave electromagnetic energy flux into the ionosphere: Joule heating implications, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 494–510, doi:10.1002/2014JA020129.
Zou, S., M. B. Moldwin, A. J. Ridley, M. J. Nicolls, A. J. Coster, E. G. Thomas, and J. M. Ruohoniemi (2014), On the generation/decay of the storm-enhanced density (SED) plumes: role of the convection flow and field-aligned ion flow, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 543–8559, doi: 10.1002/2014JA020408.
Gallardo-Lacourt, B., Y. Nishimura, L. R. Lyons, S. Zou, V. Angelopoulos, E. Donovan, S.B Mende, K. McWilliams, J. M. Ruohoniemi and N. Nishitani (2014),Coordinated SuperDARN-THEMIS ASI observations of mesoscale flow bursts associated with auroral streamers, J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi: 10.1002/2013JA019245.
Zou, S., A. J. Ridley, M. B. Moldwin, M. J. Nicolls, A. J. Coster, E. G. Thomas, and J. M. Ruohoniemi (2013), Multi-instrument observations of SED during 24–25 October 2011 storm: Implications for SED formation processes, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 7798–7809, doi:10.1002/2013JA018860.
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Zou, S., Lyons, L. R. and Nishimura, Y. (2012), Mutual Evolution of Aurora and Ionospheric Electrodynamic Features Near the Harang Reversal During Substorms, in Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric Processes: Earth And Other Planets (eds A. Keiling, E. Donovan, F. Bagenal and T. Karlsson), American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C.. doi: 10.1029/2011GM001163.
Lyons, L. R., Nishimura, Y., Xing, X., Shi, Y., Gkioulidou, M., Wang, C.-P., Kim, H.-J., Zou, S., Angelopoulos, V. and Donovan, E. (2012), Auroral Disturbances as a Manifestation of Interplay Between Large-Scale and Mesoscale Structure of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Electrodynamical Coupling, in Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric Processes: Earth And Other Planets (eds A. Keiling, E. Donovan, F. Bagenal and T. Karlsson), American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C.. doi: 10.1029/2011GM001152.
Zou, S., M. B. Moldwin, A. Coster, L. R. Lyons, and M. J. Nicolls (2011), GPS TEC observations of dynamics of the mid-latitude trough during substorms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L14109, doi:10.1029/2011GL048178.
Nishimura, Y., L. R. Lyons, V. Angelopoulos, T. Kikuchi, S. Zou, and S. B. Mende (2011), Relations between multiple auroral streamers, pre-onset thin arc formation, and substorm auroral onset, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A09214, doi:10.1029/2011JA016768.
Nishimura, Y., L. R. Lyons, S. Zou, V. Angelopoulos, and S. Mende (2011), Categorization of the time sequences of events leading to substorm onset based on THEMIS all-sky imager observations, The Dynamic Magnetosphere, IAGA Special Sopron Book Series 3, edited by W. Liu and M. Fujimoto, Volune 3, pp 133-142.
Nishimura, Y., L. R. Lyons, S. Zou, V. Angelopoulos, and S. B. Mende (2010), Reply to comment by Harald U. Frey on “Substorm triggering by new plasma intrusion: THEMIS all-sky imager observations”, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A12233, doi:10.1029/2010JA016182.
Lyons, L., Y. Nishimura, X. Xing, V. Angelopoulos, S. Zou, D. Larson, J. McFadden, A. Runov, S. Mende, K.-H. Fornacon (2010), Enhanced transport across entire length of plasma sheet boundary field lines leading to substorm onset, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A00I07, doi:10.1029/2010JA015831.
Nishimura, Y., L. Lyons, S. Zou, X. Xing, V. Angelopoulos, S. Mende and 9 other co-authors (2010), Pre-onset time sequence of auroral substorms: Coordinated observations by ASIs, satellites and radars, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A00I08, doi:10.1029/2010JA015832.
Zou, S., M. B. Moldwin, L. R. Lyons, Y. Nishimura, M. Hirahara, T. Sakanoi, K. Asamura, M. J. Nicolls, Y. Miyashita, S. B. Mende, and C. J. Heinselman (2010), Identification of substorm onset location and pre-onset sequence using Reimei, THEMIS GBO, PFISR and Geotail, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A12309, doi:10.1029/2010JA015520.
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Lyons, L. R., Y. Nishimura, Y. Shi, S. Zou, H.-J. Kim, V. Angelopoulos, C. Heinselman, M. J. Nicolls, and K.-H. Fornacon (2010), Substorm triggering by new plasma intrusion: Incoherent-scatter radar observations, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A07223, doi:10.1029/2009JA015168.
Zou, S., L. R. Lyons, M. J. Nicolls, C. J. Heinselman and S. B. Mende (2009), Nightside ionospheric electrodynamics associated with substorms: PFISR and THEMIS ASI observations, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A12301,doi:10.1029/2009JA014259.
Lyons, L. R., H.-J. Kim, X. Xing, S. Zou, C. Heinselman, M. Nicolls, M. McCready, V. Angelopoulos, D. Larson, J. McFadden, A. Runov, K. Glassmeier (2009), Evidence that solar wind fluctuations substantially affect global convection and substorm occurrence, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A11306, doi:10.1029/2009JA014381.
Kim, H.-J.,L. R. Lyons, S. Zou, A. Boudouridis, D.-Y. Lee, C. J. Heinselman, and M. A. McCready (2009), Evidence that solar wind fluctuations substantially affect the strength of dayside ionospheric convection, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A11305, doi:10.1029/2009JA014380.
Lyons, L. R., C.-P. Wang, M. Gkioulidou, S. Zou (2009), Connections between plasma sheet transport, Region 2 currents, and entropy changes associated with convection, SMCs, and substorms, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A00D01, doi:10.1029/2008JA013743.
Zou, S., L. R. Lyons, C.-P. Wang, A. Boudouridis, J. M. Ruohoniemi, P. C. Anderson, P. L. Dyson, and J. C. Devlin (2009), On the coupling between the Harang reversal evolution and substorm dynamics: a synthesis of SuperDARN, DMSP and IMAGE observations, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A01205, doi:10.1029/2008JA013449.
Zou, S., L. R. Lyons, M. J. Nicolls and C. J. Heinselman (2009), PFISR observations of strong azimuthal flow bursts in the ionosphere and their relation to nightside aurora, J. Atmos. and Solar-Terr. Phys., doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2008.06.015.
Lyons, L. R., S. Zou, C. J. Heinselman, M. J. Nicolls, and P. C. Anderson (2009), Poker Flat radar observations of the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling electrodynamics: earthward penetrating plasma sheet following convection enhancements, J. Atmos. and Solar-Terr. Phys., 71, 717-728, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2008.09.025.
Lyons, L. R., D.-Y. Lee, S. Zou, C.-P. Wang, J. U. Kozyra, J. M. Weygand, and S. B. Mende (2008), Dynamic pressure enhancements as a cause of large-scale storm-time substorms, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A08215, doi:10.1029/2007JA012926.
Zou, S., L. R. Lyons, M. A. McCready, C. J. Heinselman (2008), High-time resolution dayside convection monitoring by incoherent scatter radar and a sample application, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A01203, doi: 10.1029/2007JA012364.
Hwang, J. A., D.-Y. Lee, L. R. Lyons, A. J. Smith, S. Zou, K. W. Min, K.-H. Kim, Y.-J. Moon, and Y. D. Park (2007), Statistical significance of association between whistler-mode chorus enhancements and enhanced convection periods during high-speed streams, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A09213, doi:10.1029/2007JA012388.