Tonga Volcanic Eruption Produced Ionospheric Hole and 'Bubbles' - Eos

The 2022 Tonga volcano eruption altered the global ionosphere, creating a huge ionospheric hole locally near the epicenter and large-amplitude plasma bubbles remotely over the Asia-Oceania area.

Source: Space Weather The catastrophic Tonga volcano eruption on 15 January 2022 triggered giant atmospheric waves that propagated into and strongly impacted the global ionosphere. Using multiple g… [+1587 chars]

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