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Erdal Yiğit is a researcher affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their work focuses primarily on fields within Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atmospheric Science. Their research contributions have also extended into Oceanography, Geophysics, and Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Planetary Science and Exploration, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Astro and Planetary Science, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, and Earthquake Detection and Analysis.

Yiğit has authored or coauthored multiple publications, some of which have appeared in notable scientific journals and platforms. Their recent papers include:

  • Gravity Wave Activity in the Atmosphere of Mars During the 2018 Global Dust Storm: Simulations With a High-Resolution Model (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Effects of Latitude-Dependent Gravity Wave Source Variations on the Middle and Upper Atmosphere (2021), Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Role Of the Sun and the Middle atmosphere/thermosphere/ionosphere In Climate (ROSMIC): a retrospective and prospective view (2021), Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • Gravity Wave Activity in the Martian Atmosphere at Altitudes 20-160 km From ACS/TGO Occultation Measurements (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Martian Dust Storms and Gravity Waves: Disentangling Water Transport to the Upper Atmosphere (2022), Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

Frequent coauthors that have collaborated with Yiğit include:

  • Alexander S. Medvedev
  • P. Hartogh
  • Md Nazmus Sakib
  • Dmitry S. Shaposhnikov
  • A. V. Rodin

Yiğit's research has been published across several recurring venues. These include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Loss of the Martian atmosphere to space: Present-day loss rates determined from MAVEN observations and integrated loss through time

    Bruce Jakosky;David Brain;Michael Chaffin;Shannon M. Curry

  • Internal wave coupling processes in Earth's atmosphere

    Erdal Yigit;Alexander S. Medvedev

  • Parameterization of the effects of vertically propagating gravity waves for thermosphere general circulation models: Sensitivity study

    Erdal Yiğit;Alan D. Aylward;Alexander S. Medvedev

  • A review of vertical coupling in the Atmosphere–Ionosphere system: Effects of waves, sudden stratospheric warmings, space weather, and of solar activity

    Erdal Yiğit;Petra Koucká Knížová;Katya Georgieva;William Ward

  • Modeling the effects of gravity wave momentum deposition on the general circulation above the turbopause

    Erdal Yiğit;Erdal Yiğit;Alexander S. Medvedev;Alan D. Aylward;Paul Hartogh

  • Introduction to Plasma

    Erdal Yiğit

  • Heating and cooling of the thermosphere by internal gravity waves

    Erdal Yiğit;Alexander S. Medvedev

  • Influence of gravity waves on the Martian atmosphere: General circulation modeling

    Alexander S. Medvedev;Erdal Yiğit;Paul Hartogh;Erich Becker

  • MAVEN NGIMS observations of atmospheric gravity waves in the Martian thermosphere

    S. L. England;G. Liu;E. Yiğit;P. R. Mahaffy

  • High-altitude gravity waves in the Martian thermosphere observed by MAVEN/NGIMS and modeled by a gravity wave scheme

    Erdal Yiğit;Erdal Yiğit;Scott L. England;Guiping Liu;Alexander S. Medvedev;Alexander S. Medvedev

  • Internal gravity waves in the thermosphere during low and high solar activity: Simulation study

    Erdal Yiğit;Erdal Yiğit;Alexander S. Medvedev

  • Global distribution and parameter dependences of gravity wave activity in the Martian upper thermosphere derived from MAVEN/NGIMS observations

    Naoki Terada;François Leblanc;Hiromu Nakagawa;Alexander S. Medvedev

  • Thermal effects of internal gravity waves in the Martian upper atmosphere

    Alexander S. Medvedev;Erdal Yiğit;Erdal Yiğit;Erdal Yiğit

  • General circulation modeling of the Martian upper atmosphere during global dust storms

    Alexander S. Medvedev;Erdal Yiğit;Erdal Yiğit;Takeshi Kuroda;Paul Hartogh

  • Cooling of the Martian thermosphere by CO2 radiation and gravity waves: An intercomparison study with two general circulation models

    Alexander S. Medvedev;Alexander S. Medvedev;Francisco González-Galindo;Erdal Yiğit;Artem G. Feofilov

  • Gravity waves in the thermosphere during a sudden stratospheric warming

    Erdal Yiğit;Erdal Yiğit;Alexander S. Medvedev

  • Dynamical effects of internal gravity waves in the equinoctial thermosphere

    Erdal Yiğit;Erdal Yiğit;Alexander S. Medvedev;Alan D. Aylward;Aaron J. Ridley

  • Gravity Waves in Planetary Atmospheres: Their Effects and Parameterization in Global Circulation Models

    Alexander S. Medvedev;Erdal Yiğit

  • GPS‐TEC Observation of Gravity Waves Generated in the Ionosphere During 21 August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse

    Chinmaya Nayak;Erdal Yiğit

  • Influence of parameterized small-scale gravity waves on the migrating diurnal tide in Earth's thermosphere

    Erdal Yiğit;Alexander S. Medvedev

  • Simultaneous Observations of Atmospheric Tides from Combined in Situ and Remote Observations at Mars from the MAVEN Spacecraft

    Scott L. England;Guiping Liu;Paul Withers;Erdal Yiğit

  • Estimates of gravity wave drag on Mars: Indication of a possible lower thermospheric wind reversal

    Alexander S. Medvedev;Erdal Yiğit;Paul Hartogh

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander S. Medvedev
Alexander S. Medvedev Max Planck Society
Mehdi Benna
Mehdi Benna Goddard Space Flight Center
Bruce M. Jakosky
Bruce M. Jakosky University of Colorado Boulder
Paul R. Mahaffy
Paul R. Mahaffy Goddard Space Flight Center
Stephen W. Bougher
Stephen W. Bougher University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Aaron J. Ridley
Aaron J. Ridley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark B. Moldwin
Mark B. Moldwin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Daniel R. Marsh
Daniel R. Marsh National Center for Atmospheric Research
William E. McClintock
William E. McClintock University of Colorado Boulder
Dieter Bilitza
Dieter Bilitza George Mason University

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