Plasma Bubbles | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 18 Feb 2026

Modeling the effects of equatorial plasma bubbles on the oblique propagation of high-frequency electromagnetic waves

in Space Physics

Ziyi Zhao
Lingyun Zhu
Chunhua Jiang
Tongxin Liu
Guobin Yang
Zhengyu Zhao

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2026.1753973

281 views

Perspective

Published on 04 Jan 2023

A system science perspective of the drivers of equatorial plasma bubbles

in Space Physics

Jeff Klenzing
Alexa J. Halford
Guiping Liu
Jonathon M. Smith
Yongliang Zhang
Kate Zawdie
Naomi Maruyama
Rob Pfaff
Rebecca L. Bishop

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2022.1064150

3,822 views
8 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 Aug 2023

Equatorial plasma bubbles features over the Brazilian sector according to the solar cycle and geomagnetic activity level

in Space Physics

C. S. Carmo
L. Dai
C. M. Denardini
C. A. O. B. Figueiredo
C. M. Wrasse
L. C. A. Resende
D. Barros
J. Moro
S. S. Chen
G. A. S. Picanço

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2023.1252511

4,781 views
11 citations

Methods

Published on 30 May 2024

GOLD plasma bubble observations comparison with geolocation of plasma irregularities by back propagation of the high-rate FORMOSA7/COSMIC 2 scintillation data

in Space Physics

Qian Wu
John Braun
Sergey Sokolovskiy
William Schreiner
Nicholas Pedatella
Jan-Peter Weiss
Iurii Cherniak
Irina Zakharenkova

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1407457

2,131 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Dec 2024

Simulation study of the impacts of E-region density on the growth of equatorial plasma bubbles

in Space Physics

Tatsuhiro Yokoyama

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1502618

1,447 views

Mini Review

Published on 11 Oct 2024

Impact of meridional winds on the development of equatorial plasma bubbles: a review

in Space Physics

J. D. Huba

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1472642

2,365 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 28 Nov 2023

Numerical simulation of the equatorial plasma bubble: the effect of seeding by the vertical winds and random background noise perturbations

in Space Physics

Yunzhou Zhu
Qiong Tang
Tong Xu
Yi Liu
Chen Zhou
Zhongxin Deng
Yuqiang Zhang
Zhengyu Zhao
Fengsi Wei
Bin Xu

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2023.1320570

2,840 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 01 Nov 2024

Influences of the quasi-two-day wave on plasma bubble behavior over south America

in Space Physics

Katrina Bossert
Komal Kumari
Pavel Inchin
Jessica Norrell
Stephen Eckermann
Pierre-Dominique Pautet
Carlos Martinis
Carl Bjorn Kjellstrand
Sophie Phillips
Jonathan Snively

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1465230

1,939 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 21 Mar 2023

Multi-instrumental analysis of the day-to-day variability of equatorial plasma bubbles

in Space Physics

Ercha Aa
Shun-Rong Zhang
Anthea J. Coster
Philip J. Erickson
William Rideout

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2023.1167245

3,929 views
13 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 Sep 2025

First results of ionospheric plasma blob observations in the African topside ionosphere during a deep solar minimum using Swarm satellites

in Space Physics

Oluwasegun M. Adebayo
Babatunde Rabiu
Alexandre A. Pimenta
Abraham C.-L. Chian
Oluwakemi Dare-Idowu
Daniel I. Okoh
Aderonke Akerele

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1648901

1,747 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Aug 2014

Alfvén wave characteristics of equatorial plasma irregularities in the ionosphere derived from CHAMP observations

in Space Physics

Hermann Lühr
Jaeheung Park
Chao Xiong
Jan Rauberg

Frontiers in Physics

doi 10.3389/fphy.2014.00047

4,596 views
20 citations

Original Research

Published on 19 Mar 2014

Systematic study of intermediate-scale structures of equatorial plasma irregularities in the ionosphere based on CHAMP observations

in Space Physics

Hermann Lühr
Chao Xiong
Jaeheung Park
Jan Rauberg

Frontiers in Physics

doi 10.3389/fphy.2014.00015

5,334 views
37 citations

Articles

Modeling the effects of equatorial plasma bubbles on the oblique propagation of high-frequency electromagnetic waves

A system science perspective of the drivers of equatorial plasma bubbles

Equatorial plasma bubbles features over the Brazilian sector according to the solar cycle and geomagnetic activity level

GOLD plasma bubble observations comparison with geolocation of plasma irregularities by back propagation of the high-rate FORMOSA7/COSMIC 2 scintillation data

Simulation study of the impacts of E-region density on the growth of equatorial plasma bubbles

Impact of meridional winds on the development of equatorial plasma bubbles: a review

Numerical simulation of the equatorial plasma bubble: the effect of seeding by the vertical winds and random background noise perturbations

Influences of the quasi-two-day wave on plasma bubble behavior over south America

Multi-instrumental analysis of the day-to-day variability of equatorial plasma bubbles

First results of ionospheric plasma blob observations in the African topside ionosphere during a deep solar minimum using Swarm satellites

Alfvén wave characteristics of equatorial plasma irregularities in the ionosphere derived from CHAMP observations

Systematic study of intermediate-scale structures of equatorial plasma irregularities in the ionosphere based on CHAMP observations