Longitudinal dependence of lightning-induced electron precipitation

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011jgra..11610206c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 116, Issue A10, CiteID A10206

Physics

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Ionosphere: Midlatitude Ionosphere, Ionosphere: Particle Precipitation, Magnetospheric Physics: Energetic Particles: Precipitating, Magnetospheric Physics: Polar Cap Phenomena, Atmospheric Processes: Lightning

Scientific paper

Observations of lightning-induced electron precipitation (LEP) events at three geographic regions show characteristics which systematically vary with both longitude and hemisphere. These observations are quantitatively interpreted using a novel atmospheric interaction model designed to predict the characteristics of LEP events at any longitude and midlatitude L-shell by accounting for the effects of precipitating electrons which are backscattered from the atmosphere. The model of atmospheric backscatter (ABS) calculates atmospheric backscatter responses for individual monoenergetic electron beams with a single incident pitch angle using a Monte Carlo model of atmospheric interactions. The ABS model also includes an asymmetric (non-ideal dipole) geomagnetic field model in calculations of the pitch angle of backscattered electrons entering the conjugate hemisphere. Using a realistic distribution of precipitating electrons, the results of this backscatter calculation at three separate longitudes are compared with VLF remote sensing data collected on nearly north-south great circle paths (GCPs). Results predicted by the model and confirmed by data indicate that all four primary LEP characteristics exhibit longitudinal and hemispheric dependence which can be explained in terms of precipitating electrons backscattered from the atmosphere. By combining these effects with previously calculated radiation belt electron loss rates due to lightning at a single location it is possible to estimate the global loss of radiation belt electrons due to lightning.

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