Lightning-driven inner radiation belt energy deposition into the atmosphere: implications for ionisation-levels and neutral chemistry

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Rodger, C. J., Enell, C.-F., Turunen, E., Clilverd, M. A., Thomson, N. R., Verronen, P. T.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Sodankylä; Source Peaks
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-25-1745-2007; https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/25/1745/2007/

Lightning-generated whistlers lead to coupling between the troposphere, the Van Allen radiation belts and the lower-ionosphere through Whistler-induced electron precipitation (WEP). Lightning produced whistlers interact with cyclotron resonant radiation belt electrons, leading to pitch-angle scatter...