Radiation belt electron precipitation due to geomagnetic storms: Significance to middle atmosphere ozone chemistry
International audience [1] 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 radi...
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International audience [1] 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 (NO x) and odd hydrogen (HO x) 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 O 3 at 65–80 km altitudes through catalytic HO x cycles, with possible additional stratospheric O 3 depletion from descending NO x beyond the model simulation period. Citation: Rodger, C. J., M. A. Clilverd, A. Seppälä, N. R. Thomson, R. J. Gamble, M. Parrot, J.‐A. Sauvaud, and T. Ulich (2010), Radiation belt electron precipitation due to geomagnetic storms: Significance to middle atmosphere ozone chemistry |
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Radiation belt electron precipitation due to geomagnetic storms: Significance to middle atmosphere ozone chemistry |
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:insu-01254033v1 2023-05-15T18:20:19+02:00 Radiation belt electron precipitation due to geomagnetic storms: Significance to middle atmosphere ozone chemistry Rodger, Craig J. Clilverd, Mark A. Seppälä, Annika Thomson, Neil R. Gamble, Rory J. Parrot, Michel Sauvaud, Jean‐andré Ulich, Thomas Department of Physics Dunedin University of Otago Dunedin, Nouvelle-Zélande British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E) Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales Paris (CNES) Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR) Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory University of Oulu LAPBIAT2 program (contract RITA‐CT‐2006‐025969) European Project: 237461,EC:FP7:PEOPLE,FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008,EPPIC(2009) 2010 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01254033 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01254033/document https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01254033/file/jgra20708.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JA015599 en eng HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union/Wiley info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1029/2010JA015599 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/237461/EU/Energetic Particle Precipitation Interconnection with Climate/EPPIC insu-01254033 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01254033 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01254033/document https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01254033/file/jgra20708.pdf doi:10.1029/2010JA015599 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2169-9380 EISSN: 2169-9402 Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01254033 Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, American Geophysical Union/Wiley, 2010, 115, A11320 (12 p.). ⟨10.1029/2010JA015599⟩ [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2010 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JA015599 2021-11-21T02:56:35Z International audience [1] 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 (NO x) and odd hydrogen (HO x) 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 O 3 at 65–80 km altitudes through catalytic HO x cycles, with possible additional stratospheric O 3 depletion from descending NO x beyond the model simulation period. Citation: Rodger, C. J., M. A. Clilverd, A. Seppälä, N. R. Thomson, R. J. Gamble, M. Parrot, J.‐A. Sauvaud, and T. Ulich (2010), Radiation belt electron precipitation due to geomagnetic storms: Significance to middle atmosphere ozone chemistry Article in Journal/Newspaper Sodankylä Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Rodger ENVELOPE(-83.567,-83.567,-79.700,-79.700) Sodankylä ENVELOPE(26.600,26.600,67.417,67.417) Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 115 A11 n/a n/a |