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Shun-Rong Zhang

Shun-Rong Zhang

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
7566
World Ranking
5598
National Ranking
2037

Overview

Shun-Rong Zhang is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has an extensive body of research primarily focused on the dynamics of the ionosphere and magnetosphere, as well as related fields in physics and astronomy. Their research spans over diverse areas including earthquake detection, solar and space plasma dynamics, and geophysical studies.

The main fields of study for Zhang include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader disciplines, Zhang's work covers several subfields, notably:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Atmospheric Science

Their research topics contain a strong emphasis on:

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

Zhang has published numerous papers in notable venues frequently contributing to:

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

Some of their recent publications include:

  • 2022 Tonga Volcanic Eruption Induced Global Propagation of Ionospheric Disturbances via Lamb Waves (2022) in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Pronounced Suppression and X-Pattern Merging of Equatorial Ionization Anomalies After the 2022 Tonga Volcano Eruption (2022) in Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Significant Ionospheric Hole and Equatorial Plasma Bubbles After the 2022 Tonga Volcano Eruption (2022) in Space Weather
  • Expression and prognostic potential of GPX1 in human cancers based on data mining (2020) in Annals of Translational Medicine
  • Ionospheric Responses at Low Latitudes to the Annular Solar Eclipse on 21 June 2020 (2020) in Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Zhang frequently collaborates with a network of coauthors, including:

  • A. J. Coster
  • Ercha Aa
  • P. J. Erickson
  • Л. П. Гончаренко
  • Wenbin Wang

Best Publications

  • Comparison of COSMIC ionospheric measurements with ground-based observations and model predictions : Preliminary results

    Jiuhou Lei;Stig Syndergaard;Alan G. Burns;Stanley C. Solomon

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

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  • Ionospheric signatures of sudden stratospheric warming: Ion temperature at middle latitude

    Larisa Petrovna Goncharenko;Shun Rong Zhang

  • Variations of electron density based on long-term incoherent scatter radar and ionosonde measurements over Millstone Hill

    Jiuhou Lei;Libo Liu;Weixing Wan;Shun-Rong Zhang

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

    Jing Liu;Wenbin Wang;Alan Burns;Xinan Yue

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

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

  • Direct Observations of the Evolution of Polar Cap Ionization Patches

    Qing-He Zhang;Bei-Chen Zhang;Michael Lockwood;Hong-Qiao Hu

  • 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

  • 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

  • Significant Ionospheric Hole and Equatorial Plasma Bubbles After the 2022 Tonga Volcano Eruption

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  • Pronounced Suppression and X‐Pattern Merging of Equatorial Ionization Anomalies After the 2022 Tonga Volcano Eruption

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  • New B0 and B1 models for IRI

    D. Bilitza;S.M. Radicella;B.W. Reinisch;J.O. Adeniyi;J.O. Adeniyi

  • Magnetic declination and zonal wind effects on longitudinal differences of ionospheric electron density at midlatitudes

    Shun-Rong Zhang;John C. Foster;John M. Holt;Philip J. Erickson

  • Solar Flare and Geomagnetic Storm Effects on the Thermosphere and Ionosphere During 6–11 September 2017

    Liying Qian;Wenbin Wang;Alan G. Burns;Phillip C. Chamberlin

  • Merging of Storm Time Midlatitude Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances and Equatorial Plasma Bubbles

    Ercha Aa;Ercha Aa;Shasha Zou;Aaron Ridley;Shunrong Zhang

  • Direct observations of the full Dungey convection cycle in the polar ionosphere for southward interplanetary magnetic field conditions

    Q.-H. Zhang;Mike Lockwood;J. C. Foster;S.-R. Zhang

  • Subauroral and Polar Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances During the 7???9 September 2017 Storms

    Shun Rong Zhang;Philip J. Erickson;Anthea J. Coster;William Rideout

  • Ionospheric local model and climatology from long-term databases of multiple incoherent scatter radars

    Shun-Rong Zhang;John M. Holt;Anthony P. van Eyken;Mary McCready

  • East-West Coast differences in total electron content over the continental US

    Shun-Rong Zhang;John C. Foster;Anthea J. Coster;Philip J. Erickson

  • Thermospheric poleward wind surge at midlatitudes during great storm intervals

    Shun Rong Zhang;Philip J. Erickson;John C. Foster;John M. Holt

  • Midlatitude ionospheric plasma temperature climatology and empirical model based on Saint Santin incoherent scatter radar data from 1966 to 1987

    Shun-Rong Zhang;John M. Holt;Angela M. Zalucha;Christine Amory-Mazaudier

  • Millstone Hill ISR observations of upper atmospheric long-term changes: Height dependency

    Shun-Rong Zhang;John M. Holt;James Kurdzo

  • A climatology of middle and upper atmosphere radar observations of thermospheric winds

    S. Kawamura;Y. Otsuka;S.-R. Zhang;S. Fukao

  • Observations of ion-neutral coupling associated with strong electrodynamic disturbances during the 2015 St. Patrick's Day storm†

    Shun‐Rong Zhang;Philip J Erickson;Yongliang Zhang;Wenbin Wang

  • Ionospheric plasma temperatures during 1976–2001 over Millstone Hill

    Shun-Rong Zhang;John M. Holt

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

    J. Liu;W. Wang;A. G. Burns;X. Yue

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Holt
John M. Holt University of Leicester
Jiuhou Lei
Jiuhou Lei University of Science and Technology of China
Wenbin Wang
Wenbin Wang National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jøran Moen
Jøran Moen University of Oslo
Mike Lockwood
Mike Lockwood University of Reading
Yongliang Zhang
Yongliang Zhang Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Shoichiro Fukao
Shoichiro Fukao Kyoto University

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