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Is there a direct solar proton impact on lower-stratospheric ozone?
Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu,
Sodankylä, Finland
Antti Kero
Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu,
Sodankylä, Finland
Niilo Kalakoski
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute,
Helsinki, Finland
Monika E. Szeląg
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute,
Helsinki, Finland
previously published under the name M. E. Andersson
Pekka T. Verronen
Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu,
Sodankylä, Finland
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute,
Helsinki, Finland
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Recent studies have reported up to a 10 % average decrease of lower stratospheric ozone at 20 km altitude following solar proton events (SPEs). Our study uses 49 events that occurred after the launch of Aura MLS (July 2004–now) and 177 events that occurred in the WACCM-D simulation period (Jan 1989–Dec 2012) to evaluate ozone changes following SPEs. The statistical and case-by-case studies show no solid evidence of SPE's direct impact on the lower stratospheric ozone.
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