Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010jgra..11511320r&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 115, Issue A11, CiteID A11320
Physics
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Ionosphere: Particle Precipitation, Ionosphere: Wave/Particle Interactions (7867), Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Middle Atmosphere: Composition And Chemistry, Magnetospheric Physics: Energetic Particles: Precipitating, Radio Science: Radio Wave Propagation
Scientific paper
Geomagnetic storms triggered by coronal mass ejections and high-speed solar wind streams can lead to enhanced losses of energetic electrons from the radiation belts into the atmosphere, both during the storm itself and also through the poststorm relaxation of enhanced radiation belt fluxes. In this study we have analyzed the impact of electron precipitation on atmospheric chemistry (30-90 km altitudes) as a result of a single geomagnetic storm. The study conditions were chosen such that there was no influence of solar proton precipitation, and thus we were able to determine the storm-induced outer radiation belt electron precipitation fluxes. We use ground-based subionospheric radio wave observations to infer the electron precipitation fluxes at L = 3.2 during a geomagnetic disturbance which occurred in September 2005. Through application of the Sodankylä Ion and Neutral Chemistry model, we examine the significance of this particular period of electron precipitation to neutral atmospheric chemistry. Building on an earlier study, we refine the quantification of the electron precipitation flux into the atmosphere by using a time-varying energy spectrum determined from the DEMETER satellite. We show that the large increases in odd nitrogen (NOx) and odd hydrogen (HOx) caused by the electron precipitation do not lead to significant in situ ozone depletion in September in the Northern Hemisphere. However, had the same precipitation been deposited into the polar winter atmosphere, it would have led to >20% in situ decreases in O3 at 65-80 km altitudes through catalytic HOx cycles, with possible additional stratospheric O3 depletion from descending NOx beyond the model simulation period.
Clilverd Mark A.
Gamble Rory J.
Parrot Michel
Rodger Craig J.
Sauvaud Jean-Andre
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