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Anthea J. Coster

Anthea J. Coster

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
10860
World Ranking
2431
National Ranking
1021

Overview

Anthea J. Coster is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Their contributions focus on several interconnected subfields, including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oceanography

Within these domains, Anthea J. Coster's main research topics encompass:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • GNSS positioning and interference
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

The scientist has authored numerous papers, several of which have addressed the ionospheric and magnetospheric responses to volcanic eruptions and solar flare effects. Notable recent publications include:

  • 2022 Tonga Volcanic Eruption Induced Global Propagation of Ionospheric Disturbances via Lamb Waves (2022), published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Pronounced Suppression and X-Pattern Merging of Equatorial Ionization Anomalies After the 2022 Tonga Volcano Eruption (2022), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Significant Ionospheric Hole and Equatorial Plasma Bubbles After the 2022 Tonga Volcano Eruption (2022), published in Space Weather
  • Solar flare effects in the Earth's magnetosphere (2021), published in Nature Physics
  • Variations in Thermosphere Composition and Ionosphere Total Electron Content Under "Geomagnetically Quiet" Conditions at Solar-Minimum (2021), published in Geophysical Research Letters

Coster frequently collaborates with other researchers, with prominent co-authors including:

  • Shun-Rong Zhang
  • P. J. Erickson
  • Ercha Aa
  • Л. П. Гончаренко
  • Wenbin Wang

Their work appears consistently in a range of scientific journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Space Weather
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Geophysical monograph

Best Publications

  • Global dayside ionospheric uplift and enhancement associated with interplanetary electric fields

    Bruce Tsurutani;Anthony Mannucci;Byron Iijima;Mangalathayil Ali Abdu

  • Science with the Murchison Widefield Array

    Judd D. Bowman;Iver Cairns;David L. Kaplan;Tara Murphy

  • Science with the Murchison Widefield Array

    Judd D. Bowman;Iver Cairns;David L. Kaplan;Tara Murphy

  • Comparison of Measurements of Atmospheric Wet Delay by Radiosonde, Water Vapor Radiometer, GPS, and VLBI

    A. E. Niell;A. J. Coster;F. S. Solheim;V. B. Mendes

  • Ionospheric signatures of plasmaspheric tails

    J. C. Foster;P. J. Erickson;A. J. Coster;J. Goldstein

  • Unexpected connections between the stratosphere and ionosphere

    L. P. Goncharenko;J. L. Chau;H.-L. Liu;A. J. Coster

  • Multiradar observations of the polar tongue of ionization

    J. C. Foster;A. J. Coster;P. J. Erickson;J. M. Holt

  • Impact of sudden stratospheric warmings on equatorial ionization anomaly

    Larisa Petrovna Goncharenko;A. J. Coster;J. L. Chau;C. E. Valladares

  • Medium‐scale traveling ionospheric disturbances detected with dense and wide TEC maps over North America

    T. Tsugawa;Y. Otsuka;A. J. Coster;A. Saito

  • 2022 Tonga Volcanic Eruption Induced Global Propagation of Ionospheric Disturbances via Lamb Waves

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  • GNSS Observations of Ionospheric Variations During the 21 August 2017 Solar Eclipse

    Anthea J. Coster;Larisa Petrovna Goncharenko;Shun Rong Zhang;Philip J. Erickson

  • Observations and simulations of the ionospheric and thermospheric response to the December 2006 geomagnetic storm : Initial phase

    Jiuhou Lei;Wenbin Wang;Alan G. Burns;Stanley C. Solomon

  • A quantitative explanation for the phenomenon known as storm-enhanced density

    Michael C. Kelley;Michael N. Vlasov;John C. Foster;Anthea J. Coster

  • Statistical framework for estimating GNSS bias

    Juha Vierinen;Anthea J. Coster;William C. Rideout;Philip J. Erickson

  • Ionospheric Bow Waves and Perturbations Induced by the 21 August 2017 Solar Eclipse

    Shun Rong Zhang;Philip J. Erickson;Larisa Petrovna Goncharenko;Anthea J. Coster

  • Imaging the structure of a large-scale TID using ISR and TEC data

    Michael J. Nicolls;Michael J. Nicolls;Michael C. Kelley;Anthea J. Coster;Sixto A. González

  • A strong positive phase of ionospheric storms observed by the Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radar and global GPS network

    Chao Song Huang;J. C. Foster;Larisa Petrovna Goncharenko;P. J. Erickson

  • Ionospheric Effects of Sudden Stratospheric Warming During Moderate-to-High Solar Activity: Case Study of January 2013

    Larisa Petrovna Goncharenko;J. L. Chau;P. Condor;A. Coster

  • The potential role of stratospheric ozone in the stratosphere-ionosphere coupling during stratospheric warmings

    L. P. Goncharenko;A. J. Coster;R. A. Plumb;D. I. V. Domeisen

  • Accuracy of GPS total electron content: GPS receiver bias temperature dependence

    A. Coster;J. Williams;A. Weatherwax;W. Rideout

  • Stormtime observations of the flux of plasmaspheric ions to the dayside cusp/magnetopause

    J. C. Foster;A. J. Coster;P. J. Erickson;F. J. Rich

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron J. Ridley
Aaron J. Ridley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
J. D. Huba
J. D. Huba United States Naval Research Laboratory
Robert W. Schunk
Robert W. Schunk Utah State University
Tim Fuller-Rowell
Tim Fuller-Rowell University of Colorado Boulder
Wenbin Wang
Wenbin Wang National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alan Burns
Alan Burns National Center for Atmospheric Research
Anthony J. Mannucci
Anthony J. Mannucci California Institute of Technology

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