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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.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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24 May 2022
Research article |
| 24 May 2022
| 24 May 2022
Exceptional middle latitude electron precipitation detected by balloon observations: implications for atmospheric composition
Irina Mironova
Earth Physics Department, Faculty of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Miriam Sinnhuber
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Galina Bazilevskaya
Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Mark Clilverd
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Bernd Funke
Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC, Granada, Spain
Vladimir Makhmutov
Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
Eugene Rozanov
Earth Physics Department, Faculty of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
PMOD/WRC and IAC ETHZ, Davos, Switzerland
Michelle L. Santee
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA
Timofei Sukhodolov
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
PMOD/WRC and IAC ETHZ, Davos, Switzerland
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Thomas Ulich
Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, Sodankylä, Finland
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- Estimation of Energy Spectrum of Precipitating Magnetospheric Electrons Based on Bremsstrahlung X‐Ray Fluxes Recorded in the Atmosphere V. Makhmutov et al.
- Space weather effects over SAMA during the extreme geomagnetic storm on May 10-11, 2024: disturbances of the neutral and ionized atmosphere L. Da Silva et al.
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- Mesospheric Ozone Depletion Depending on Different Levels of Geomagnetic Disturbances and Seasons I. Mironova et al.
- Estimation of Energy Spectrum of Precipitating Magnetospheric Electrons Based on Bremsstrahlung X‐Ray Fluxes Recorded in the Atmosphere V. Makhmutov et al.
- Space weather effects over SAMA during the extreme geomagnetic storm on May 10-11, 2024: disturbances of the neutral and ionized atmosphere L. Da Silva et al.
- Russian Investigations of Atmospheric Ozone and its Precursors in 2019–2022 V. Andreev et al.
- Russian Studies of Atmospheric Ozone and Its Precursors in 2019–2022 V. Andreev et al.
- Russian Studies of the Middle Atmosphere in 2019–2022 A. Krivolutsky & S. Veretenenko
- Высыпания магнитосферных электронов, зарегистрированные в атмосфере на средней и полярных широтах в 2022–2023 годах В. Махмутов et al.
- Atmospheric Response to EEP during Geomagnetic Disturbances D. Grankin et al.
- Magnetospheric Electron Precipitation Recorded in the Atmosphere at Middle and Polar Latitudes in 2022–2023 V. Makhmutov et al.
- Russian Middle Atmosphere Research 2019–2022 A. Krivolutsky & S. Veretenenko
- Asymmetric Upper-Atmosphere Response and the GNSS Positioning Accuracy of the October 2024 Severe Geomagnetic Storm over Two African Mid-Latitude Stations J. Omojola & D. Moeketsi
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Short summary
From balloon measurements, we detected unprecedented, extremely powerful, electron precipitation over the middle latitudes. The robustness of this event is confirmed by satellite observations of electron fluxes and chemical composition, as well as by ground-based observations of the radio signal propagation. The applied chemistry–climate model shows the almost complete destruction of ozone in the mesosphere over the region where high-energy electrons were observed.
From balloon measurements, we detected unprecedented, extremely powerful, electron precipitation...
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