Exceptional middle latitude electron precipitation detected by balloon observations: implications for atmospheric composition

Mironova, Irina; Sinnhuber, Miriam; Bazilevskaya, Galina; Clilverd, Mark; Funke, Bernd; Makhmutov, Vladimir; Rozanov, Eugene; Santee, Michelle L.; Sukhodolov, Timofei; Ulich, Thomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6703-2022

Articles | Volume 22, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6703-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6703-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 10

Research article

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24 May 2022

Research article |

| 24 May 2022

Exceptional middle latitude electron precipitation detected by balloon observations: implications for atmospheric composition

Irina Mironova, Miriam Sinnhuber, Galina Bazilevskaya, Mark Clilverd, Bernd Funke, Vladimir Makhmutov, Eugene Rozanov, Michelle L. Santee, Timofei Sukhodolov, and Thomas Ulich

Data sets

IMK/IAA generated MIPAS/ENVISAT data Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Trace Gases and Remote Sensing https://www.imk-asf.kit.edu/english/308.php

NOAA/POES Space Environment Monitor National Centers for Environmental Information http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/satellite/poes

MLS/Aura data NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Aura_MLS_Level2/ML2HNO3.004

Short summary

From balloon measurements, we detected unprecedented, extremely powerful, electron precipitation...