Energetic electrons and their effects on upper stratospheric and mesospheric ozone in May 1992

Author(s):  
W. Dean Pesnel ◽  
Richard A. Goldberg ◽  
D. L. Chenette ◽  
E. E. Gaines ◽  
Charles H. Jackman
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Miyoshi ◽  
K. Hosokawa ◽  
S. Kurita ◽  
S.-I. Oyama ◽  
Y. Ogawa ◽  
...  

AbstractPulsating aurorae (PsA) are caused by the intermittent precipitations of magnetospheric electrons (energies of a few keV to a few tens of keV) through wave-particle interactions, thereby depositing most of their energy at altitudes ~ 100 km. However, the maximum energy of precipitated electrons and its impacts on the atmosphere are unknown. Herein, we report unique observations by the European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) radar showing electron precipitations ranging from a few hundred keV to a few MeV during a PsA associated with a weak geomagnetic storm. Simultaneously, the Arase spacecraft has observed intense whistler-mode chorus waves at the conjugate location along magnetic field lines. A computer simulation based on the EISCAT observations shows immediate catalytic ozone depletion at the mesospheric altitudes. Since PsA occurs frequently, often in daily basis, and extends its impact over large MLT areas, we anticipate that the PsA possesses a significant forcing to the mesospheric ozone chemistry in high latitudes through high energy electron precipitations. Therefore, the generation of PsA results in the depletion of mesospheric ozone through high-energy electron precipitations caused by whistler-mode chorus waves, which are similar to the well-known effect due to solar energetic protons triggered by solar flares.


Author(s):  
Sara Gallian ◽  
Jan Trieschmann ◽  
Thomas Mussenbrock ◽  
William N. G. Hitchon ◽  
Ralf Peter Brinkmann

1971 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 413-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinzo Énomé ◽  
Haruo Tanaka

An expansion of the source of a great solar microwave burst was observed a little beyond the west limb on March 30, 1969. This expansion is interpreted in terms of diffusion of energetic electrons in a turbulent magnetic field in the flare region. The height of the source is estimated to have been 104 km.


2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (44) ◽  
pp. 9479-9497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santosh K. Singh ◽  
Cheng Zhu ◽  
Vasant Vuppuluri ◽  
Steven F. Son ◽  
Ralf I. Kaiser

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Cattell ◽  
Aaron Breneman ◽  
Lindsay Glesener ◽  
Ben Leiran ◽  
Ben Short ◽  
...  

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Van Allen
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