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2026

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D-Index
73
Citations
16044
World Ranking
823
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

M.A. Abdu is affiliated with the National Institute for Space Research in Brazil. Their research spans multiple areas of physics and earth sciences, with a focus on ionospheric and magnetospheric dynamics. The scientist's work extensively covers the fields of Physics and Astronomy, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing to a broader understanding of space and atmospheric phenomena.

Their research topics include:

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

M.A. Abdu has coauthored papers frequently with several researchers, including:

  • I. S. Batista
  • Jonas Sousasantos
  • J. H. A. Sobral
  • J. R. Souza
  • Alison de Oliveira Moraes

The scientist's publications appear primarily in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Advances in Space Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Surveys in Geophysics
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Selected recent papers by M.A. Abdu include:

  • Challenges to Equatorial Plasma Bubble and Ionospheric Scintillation Short-Term Forecasting and Future Aspects in East and Southeast Asia, 2020, Surveys in Geophysics
  • Analysis of Plasma Bubble Signatures in Total Electron Content Maps of the Low-Latitude Ionosphere: A Simplified Methodology, 2020, Surveys in Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Gravity Waves Observed in the Nightglow Following the 21 August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Equatorial Plasma Bubble Occurrence Under Propagation of MSTID and MLT Gravity Waves, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Multi-instrument study of longitudinal wave structures for plasma bubble seeding in the equatorial ionosphere, 2021, Earth and Planetary Physics

Their work covers a range of subfields within their main disciplines, such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Oceanography, Geophysics, and Atmospheric Science. This interdisciplinarity reflects their broad scientific approach to studying space weather phenomena and related atmospheric effects.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Outstanding problems in the equatorial ionosphere–thermosphere electrodynamics relevant to spread F

    M.A. Abdu

  • Magnetic declination control of the equatorial F region dynamo electric field development and spread F

    M. A. Abdu;J. A. Bittencourt;I. S. Batista

  • Fast and ultrafast Kelvin wave modulations of the equatorial evening F region vertical drift and spread F development

    Mangalathayil A Abdu;Christiano Gm Brum;Paulo P Batista;Subramanian Gurubaran

  • Major phenomena of the equatorial ionosphere-thermosphere system under disturbed conditions

    M.A. Abdu

  • Prompt penetration electric fields (PPEFs) and their ionospheric effects during the great magnetic storm of 30-31 October 2003

    B. T. Tsurutani;B. T. Tsurutani;O. P. Verkhoglyadova;O. P. Verkhoglyadova;A. J. Mannucci;A. Saito

  • Equatorial F region vertical plasma drifts: Seasonal and longitudinal asymmetries in the American sector

    I. S. Batista;M. A. Abdu;J. A. Bittencourt

  • Equatorial Ionospheric Electric Fields During the November 2004 Magnetic Storm

    Bela G. Fejer;J. W. Jensen;T. Kikuchi;M. A. Abdu

  • A theoretical comparison between apparent and real vertical ionization drift velocities in the equatorial F region

    J. A. Bittencourt;M. A. Abdu

  • Gravity wave initiation of equatorial spread F/plasma bubble irregularities based on observational data from the SpreadFEx campaign

    M. A. Abdu;E. Alam Kherani;I. S. Batista;E. R. de Paula

  • Equatorial plasma fountain and its effects over three locations: Evidence for an additional layer, the F 3 layer

    N. Balan;G. J. Bailey;M. A. Abdu;K. I. Oyama

  • Magnetospheric disturbance induced equatorial plasma bubble development and dynamics: A case study in Brazilian sector

    M. A. Abdu;I. S. Batista;H. Takahashi;J. MacDougall

  • Equatorial spread F/plasma bubble irregularities under storm time disturbance electric fields

    M.A. Abdu

  • Equatorial ionosphere–thermosphere system: Electrodynamics and irregularities

    M.A. Abdu

  • Unusual early morning development of the equatorial anomaly in the Brazilian sector during the Halloween magnetic storm

    Inez S. Batista;M. A. Abdu;J. R. Souza;F. Bertoni;F. Bertoni

  • Some characteristics of spread F at the magnetic equatorial station Fortaleza

    M. A. Abdu;I. S. Batista;J. A. Bittencourt

  • Ionospheric plasma bubble climatology over Brazil based on 22 years (1977–1998) of airglow observations

    J. H.A. Sobral;M. A. Abdu;H. Takahashi;Michael J. Taylor

  • Ionospheric effects of the March 13, 1989, magnetic storm at low and equatorial latitudes

    Inez S. Batista;E. R. de Paula;M. A. Abdu;N. B. Trivedi

  • South Atlantic magnetic anomaly ionization: A review and a new focus on electrodynamic effects in the equatorial ionosphere

    M.A. Abdu;I.S. Batista;A.J. Carrasco;C.G.M. Brum

  • Equatorial density depletions observed at 840 km during the great magnetic storm of March 1989

    M. E. Greenspan;C. E. Rasmussen;W. J. Burke;M. A. Abdu

  • Aeronomy of the Earth's Atmosphere and Ionosphere

    Mangalathayil Ali Abdu;Dora Pancheva

Frequent Co-Authors

J. H. A. Sobral
J. H. A. Sobral National Institute for Space Research
Inez S. Batista
Inez S. Batista National Institute for Space Research
E. R. de Paula
E. R. de Paula National Institute for Space Research
H. Takahashi
H. Takahashi National Institute for Space Research
G. J. Bailey
G. J. Bailey University of Sheffield
Bodo W. Reinisch
Bodo W. Reinisch University of Massachusetts Lowell
Paulo Prado Batista
Paulo Prado Batista National Institute for Space Research
John MacDougall
John MacDougall University of Western Ontario
Bela G. Fejer
Bela G. Fejer Utah State University
Bruce T. Tsurutani
Bruce T. Tsurutani California Institute of Technology

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