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Yongliang Zhang is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within physics and astronomy, with a focus on ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics as well as solar and space plasma dynamics.

The scientist's primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a significant concentration in the subfields of:

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

Zhang's work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • GNSS positioning and interference
  • Astro and Planetary Science

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geophysical monograph
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhang are:

  • "Hydrodynamic performance of a multi-Oscillating Water Column (OWC) platform," 2020, Applied Ocean Research
  • "Plasmapause surface wave oscillates the magnetosphere and diffuse aurora," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A space hurricane over the Earth's polar ionosphere," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Multiple transpolar auroral arcs reveal insight about coupling processes in the Earth's magnetotail," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Origin of Dawnside Subauroral Polarization Streams During Major Geomagnetic Storms," 2022, AGU Advances

Zhang has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • L. J. Paxton
  • Wenbin Wang
  • L. R. Lyons
  • Qinghe Zhang
  • K. Oksavik

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, notably a title published by the American Geophysical Union:

  • Magnetospheres in the Solar System, 2021

Best Publications

  • The International Reference Ionosphere 2012 – a model of international collaboration

    Dieter Bilitza;Dieter Bilitza;David Altadill;Yongliang Zhang;Chris Mertens

  • Initial observations with the Global Ultraviolet Imager (GUVI) in the NASA TIMED satellite mission

    A. B. Christensen;L. J. Paxton;S. Avery;J. Craven

  • An empirical Kp-dependent global auroral model based on TIMED/GUVI FUV data

    Y. Zhang;L.J. Paxton

  • O/N2 changes during 1–4 October 2002 storms: IMAGE SI‐13 and TIMED/GUVI observations

    Y. Zhang;L. J. Paxton;D. Morrison;B. Wolven

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

    Jing Liu;Wenbin Wang;Alan Burns;Xinan Yue

  • Validation of remote sensing products produced by the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Scanning Imager (SSUSI): a far UV-imaging spectrograph on DMSP F-16

    Larry J. Paxton;Daniel Morrison;Yongliang Zhang;Hyosub Kil

  • OVATION Prime-2013: Extension of auroral precipitation model to higher disturbance levels

    P. T. Newell;K. Liou;Y. Zhang;T. Sotirelis

  • Ionospheric response to the initial phase of geomagnetic storms: Common features

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

  • 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

  • GUVI: a hyperspectral imager for geospace

    Larry J. Paxton;Andrew B. Christensen;Daniel Morrison;Brian Wolven

  • Statistical relationship between large‐scale upward field‐aligned currents and electron precipitation

    Haje Korth;Yongliang Zhang;Brian J. Anderson;Thomas Sotirelis

  • Periodic modulations in thermospheric composition by solar wind high speed streams

    G. Crowley;A. Reynolds;J. P. Thayer;J. Lei

  • Whistler mode waves in the magnetotail

    Y. Zhang;H. Matsumoto;H. Kojima

  • Lion roars in the magnetosheath: The Geotail observations

    Y. Zhang;H. Matsumoto;H. Kojima

  • Case study of the 15 July 2000 magnetic storm effects on the ionosphere-driver of the positive ionospheric storm in the winter hemisphere

    Hyosub Kil;Larry J. Paxton;Xiaoqing Pi;Marc R. Hairston

  • Daytime climatology of ionospheric NmF2 and hmF2 from COSMIC data

    A. G. Burns;S. C. Solomon;W. Wang;L. Qian

  • Sudden solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements and dayside detached auroras: IMAGE and DMSP observations

    Y. Zhang;L. J. Paxton;T. J. Immel;H. U. Frey

  • 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

  • Nighttime F-region morphology in the low and middle latitudes seen from DMSP F15 and TIMED/GUVI

    Hyosub Kil;Robert DeMajistre;Larry J. Paxton;Yongliang Zhang

  • GPS phase scintillation at high latitudes during the geomagnetic storm of 17–18 March 2015

    P. Prikryl;P. Prikryl;R. Ghoddousi-Fard;J. M. Weygand;A. Viljanen

  • Negative ionospheric storms seen by the IMAGE FUV instrument

    Y. Zhang;L. J. Paxton;H. Kil;C.-I. Meng

  • Far ultraviolet instrument technology

    Larry J. Paxton;Robert K. Schaefer;Yongliang Zhang;Hyosub Kil

  • 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

Larry J. Paxton
Larry J. Paxton Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Wenbin Wang
Wenbin Wang National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alan Burns
Alan Burns National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kjellmar Oksavik
Kjellmar Oksavik University of Bergen
Jøran Moen
Jøran Moen University of Oslo
Stanley C. Solomon
Stanley C. Solomon National Center for Atmospheric Research
Marc R. Hairston
Marc R. Hairston The University of Texas at Dallas
Patrick T. Newell
Patrick T. Newell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Robert R. Meier
Robert R. Meier George Mason University

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