Low-Latitude Ionospheric Physics

Preface. Large Scale Ionospheric Structure and Dynamics.The altitude-latitude extent of equatorial plasma depletions (M. Mendillo). Effects of magnetospheric disturbances on the low-latitude ionosphere (T. Tanaka). Ionospheric observations and research in Taiwan (YN. Huang). Examination of equatorial electric field structure and the evening electric field anomaly (V Eccles). Satellite observations of low latitude ionospheric plasma depletions (B.G. Fejer et al). Large scale structure of the low latitude F-region: plasma bubbles, blobs and longitudinal crest (T. Takahashi, H. Oya). Seasonal differences in the asymmetry of the equatorial ionospheric anomaly at solar maximum (J.H.K. Ma et al.). A possible role of the Appleton anomaly of the ionosphere to magnetic Pc3 Pulsations (T. Takahashi et al) Equatorial Ionospheric Irregularities. Equatorial ionospheric irregularities as observed by the Jicamarca radar (R.F Woodman). Origin and spectral characteristics of violent equatorial ionospheric F region disturbances (D.L. Hysell et al). Non-local theory of ionospheric instability at low latitudes (T. Maruyama). Observation of low-latitude ionospheric irregularities using HF FM/CW radar (K. Nozai, T. Kobayashi). Two types of generation mechanism of the equatorial plasma bubbles (T. Takahashi et al.). Studies of storm-time equatorial F-region irregularities (Y Sahai et al). Simulation of neutral wind field effect on equatorial spread F (S.Y Chou, F.S. Kuo). Ionospheric Disturbances. Theories and observations of acoustic gravity waves and travelling ionospheric disturbances (K.C. Yeh, B. Dong). Medium- and large-scale TIDs simultaneously observed by NNSS satellites and the MU radar (T. Ogawa et al.). Quasi-periodic occurrence of mid-latitude E-region field-aligned irregularities revealed by the MU radar (S. Fukao et al.). Modelling of quasi-periodic backscatter from E-region field-aligned irregularities in mid-latitude sporadic E (R.T Tsunoda et al). Modelling of instabilities in mid-latitude sporadic-E (J.D. Whitehead). Lightning-induced disturbances of the lower ionosphere (U.S. Inan). MU radar observations of ionospheric gravity-wave packets, dispersion, and horizontal density gradients (S. Fukao et al.). Characterizing the ionospheric reflection channel with a narrow frequency separation (K.H. Lin, K.C. Yeh). Evidence for a strange attractor in Chung-Li f0F2 data (A.W. Wernik et al). Disturbances in the Thermosphere-IonosphereMagnetosphere System. Ionospheric current and magnetic variations caused by low-latitude aurorae (K. Yumoto et al). Ionospheric currents and magnetic disturbances at low latitudes during substorms (Y. Karnide). A numerical simulation of thermospheric response to auroral activity - general circulation and atmospheric gravity waves (S. Maeda, H. Fujiwara). EXOS-B (JIKIKEN) observations of the field aligned plasma density depletion at high altitude region (T. Obara, H. Oya).