Solar proton events and the fair weather electric field at ground

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May 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002georl..29i..37f&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 29, Issue 9, pp. 37-1, CiteID 1323, DOI 10.1029/2001GL013908

Physics

Plasma Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Waves And Instabilities, Space Plasma Physics: Magnetic Reconnection, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail

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Previous works have demonstrated the ability of solar energetic particles to affect mesospheric electric fields. In this work, we suggest that such particles can also affect the fair-weather electric field at ground level. Our model applies previously derived changes in the high-altitude atmospheric conductivity profile to the global electric circuit. We find that the strongest flare-generated proton events are capable of creating a measurable change to the electric field at ground level (~5% change), but these changes are small in comparison to those associated with passing thunderstorms.

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