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Chao-Song Huang publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chao-Song Huang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 99 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Chao-Song Huang D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chao-Song Huang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Chao-Song Huang is affiliated with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The scientist's work covers a breadth of topics, emphasizing Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, GNSS Positioning and Interference, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Plasma Diagnostics and Applications, and Seismic Waves and Analysis.

Huang has published extensively, with a substantial number of their papers appearing in the Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. Other frequent publication venues include the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, AGU Advances, Space Weather, and IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

Recent notable publications authored or co-authored by Huang include:

  • Systematical Analyses of Global Ionospheric Disturbance Current Systems Caused by Multiple Processes: Penetration Electric Fields, Solar Wind Pressure Impulses, Magnetospheric Substorms, and ULF Waves (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics)
  • Low-Latitude Zonal Ion Drifts and Their Relationship With Subauroral Polarization Streams and Auroral Return Flows During Intense Magnetic Storms (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics)
  • Westward Plasma Drifts in the Nighttime Equatorial Ionosphere During Severe Magnetic Storms: A New Type of Penetration Electric Fields Caused by Subauroral Polarization Stream (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics)

Additional papers related to Huang's research interests where they collaborated or were involved include:

  • Origin of Dawnside Subauroral Polarization Streams During Major Geomagnetic Storms (2022, AGU Advances)
  • GOLD Observations of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Reaching Mid-Latitudes During the 23 April 2023 Geomagnetic Storm (2024, Space Weather)

Huang frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Yongliang Zhang, Wenbin Wang, Dong Lin, Qian Wu, and R. Eastes. These partnerships have contributed to the development and dissemination of research in their areas of expertise.

Their scientific output reflects considerable engagement with topics of geophysical space phenomena such as ionospheric disturbance currents, equatorial plasma dynamics, and magnetospheric interactions during geomagnetic storms.

Best Publications

  • Long‐duration penetration of the interplanetary electric field to the low‐latitude ionosphere during the main phase of magnetic storms

    Chao-Song Huang;John C. Foster;Michael C. Kelley

  • Airglow observations of mesoscale low-velocity traveling ionospheric disturbances at midlatitudes

    F. J. Garcia;M. C. Kelley;J. J. Makela;C.-S. Huang

  • Nonlinear evolution of equatorial spread F: 1. On the role of plasma instabilities and spatial resonance associated with gravity wave seeding

    Chao-Song Huang;Michael C. Kelley

  • Nonlinear evolution of equatorial spread F: 2. Gravity wave seeding of Rayleigh‐Taylor instability

    Chao-Song Huang;Michael C. Kelley

  • Profiles of Ionospheric Storm‐enhanced Density during the 17 March 2015 Great Storm

    Jing Liu;Wenbin Wang;Alan Burns;Xinan Yue

  • Penetration electric fields: Efficiency and characteristic time scale

    Chao-Song Huang;Stanislav Sazykin;Jorge L. Chau;Naomi Maruyama

  • 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

  • The postsunset vertical plasma drift and its effects on the generation of equatorial plasma bubbles observed by the C/NOFS satellite

    Chao Song Huang;Marc R. Hairston

  • Nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities, atmospheric gravity waves and equatorial spread F

    Chao-Song Huang;M. C. Kelley;D. L. Hysell

  • Occurrence probability and amplitude of equatorial ionospheric irregularities associated with plasma bubbles during low and moderate solar activities (2008–2012)

    Chao Song Huang;O. De La Beaujardiere;P. A. Roddy;D. E. Hunton

  • Relative importance of horizontal and vertical transports to the formation of ionospheric storm-enhanced density and polar tongue of ionization

    Jing Liu;Wenbin Wang;Alan Burns;Stanley C. Solomon

  • Plasma density enhancements associated with equatorial spread F: ROCSAT‐1 and DMSP observations

    G. Le;C.-S. Huang;R. F. Pfaff;S.-Y. Su

  • Basic properties and gravity wave initiation of the midlatitude F region instability

    Chao‐Song ‐S Huang;C. A. Miller;M. C. Kelley

  • Continuous penetration of the interplanetary electric field to the equatorial ionosphere over eight hours during intense geomagnetic storms

    Chao-Song Huang

  • Periodic magnetospheric substorms and their relationship with solar wind variations

    Chao‐Song Huang;G. D. Reeves;J. E. Borovsky;R. M. Skoug

  • Storm time electric fields in the equatorial ionosphere observed near the dusk meridian

    Chao-Song Huang;Frederick J. Rich;William J. Burke

  • Observations of a positive storm phase on September 10, 2005

    Larisa Petrovna Goncharenko;J. C. Foster;A. J. Coster;C. Huang

  • Significant depletions of the ionospheric plasma density at middle latitudes: A possible signature of equatorial spread F bubbles near the plasmapause

    Chao-Song Huang;John C. Foster;Yogeshwar Sahai

  • Variations of low‐latitude geomagnetic fields and Dst index caused by magnetospheric substorms

    Chao Song Huang;J. C. Foster;L. P. Goncharenko;G. D. Reeves

  • Evolution of equatorial ionospheric plasma bubbles and formation of broad plasma depletions measured by the C/NOFS satellite during deep solar minimum

    Chao-Song Huang;O. de La Beaujardiere;P. A. Roddy;D. E. Hunton

  • Periodic magnetospheric substorms: Multiple space‐based and ground‐based instrumental observations

    Chao-Song Huang;J. C. Foster;G. D. Reeves;G. Le

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongliang Zhang
Yongliang Zhang Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Guan Le
Guan Le Goddard Space Flight Center
Wenbin Wang
Wenbin Wang National Center for Atmospheric Research
Paulo Roberto Fagundes
Paulo Roberto Fagundes Universidade do Vale do Paraíba
Larry J. Paxton
Larry J. Paxton Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Geoffrey D. Reeves
Geoffrey D. Reeves Los Alamos National Laboratory

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