A model study of the impact of magnetic field structure on atmospheric composition during solar proton events

Details A model study of the impact of magnetic field structure on atmospheric composition during solar proton events A model study of the impact of magnetic field structure on atmospheric composition during solar proton events

Aug 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30oas10s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 15, pp. ASC 10-1, CiteID 1818, DOI 10.1029/2003GL017265

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Middle Atmosphere-Composition And Chemistry, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Middle Atmosphere-Constituent Transport And Chemistry (3334), Geomagnetism And Paleomagnetism: Reversals (Process, Timescale, Magnetostratigraphy), Global Change: Solar Variability, Magnetospheric Physics: Energetic Particles, Precipitating

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During a polarity transition of the Earth's magnetic field, the structure and strength of the field change significantly from their present values. This will alter the global pattern of charged particle precipitation into the atmosphere. Thus, particle precipitation is possible into regions that are at the moment effectively shielded by the Earth's magnetic field. A two-dimensional global chemistry, photolysis and transport model of the atmosphere has been used to investigate how the increased particle precipitation affects the chemical composition of the middle and lower atmosphere. Ozone losses resulting from large energetic particle events are found to increase significantly, with resultant losses similar to those observed in the Antarctic ozone hole of the 1990s. This results in significant increases in surface UV-B radiation as well as changes in stratospheric temperature and circulation over a period of several months after large particle events.

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