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The Drag of Ionosphere Plasma Drifts on Thermospheric Zonal Winds During the 10–12 May 2024 Superstorm

Zhang, Ruilong, Liu, Libo, Li, Wenbo, Du, Rongjin, Wang, Yuzhou, Chen, Yiding, and Le, Huijun, 2026. The Drag of Ionosphere Plasma Drifts on Thermospheric Zonal Winds During the 10–12 May 2024 Superstorm. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(11):e2025GL118472, doi:10.1029/2025GL118472.

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@ARTICLE{2026GeoRL..5318472Z,
       author = {{Zhang}, Ruilong and {Liu}, Libo and {Li}, Wenbo and {Du}, Rongjin and {Wang}, Yuzhou and {Chen}, Yiding and {Le}, Huijun},
        title = "{The Drag of Ionosphere Plasma Drifts on Thermospheric Zonal Winds During the 10--12 May 2024 Superstorm}",
      journal = {\grl},
     keywords = {ionosphere plasma drift, thermosphere wind, penetration electric field, ionosphere storm},
         year = 2026,
        month = jun,
       volume = {53},
       number = {11},
          eid = {e2025GL118472},
        pages = {e2025GL118472},
     abstract = "{The observations from GRACE-FO and DMSP satellites are utilized to
        analyze the ion-neutral interaction near dusk during the 10--12
        May 2024 super-storm. The horizontal plasma convection dragged
        the anti-sunward wind in the polar cap and sunward winds around
        the auroral and subauroral regions during whole storm times. The
        strong westward winds were observed below subauroral latitudes
        ({\ensuremath{\sim}}35{\textdegree}S--45{\textdegree}N Mlat)
        after storm onset, and these westward winds disappeared after 23
        UT on 10 May. Meanwhile, the penetration of auroral and
        subauroral electric fields could induce the westward plasma
        drifts in lower latitudes before 23 UT on 10 May. We suggested
        that the ion-drag force of the westward penetration plasma drift
        is the possible source for the westward disturbance winds below
        the subauroral latitudes at 17--23 UT on 10 May. Thus, the
        horizontal plasma drifts drag horizontal winds from polar cap to
        equator in the main phase, which has been never observed.}",
          doi = {10.1029/2025GL118472},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026GeoRL..5318472Z},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}

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