HEPPA III intercomparison experiment on electron precipitation impacts: 1. Estimated ionization rates during a geomagnetic active period in April 2010

H Nesse Tyssøy, M Sinnhuber… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitating auroral and radiation belt electrons are considered an important part of the
natural forcing of the climate system. Recent studies suggest that this forcing is …

Satellite observations of middle atmosphere gravity wave absolute momentum flux and of its vertical gradient during recent stratospheric warmings

M Ern, QT Trinh, M Kaufmann, I Krisch… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) are circulation anomalies in the polar region during
winter. They mostly occur in the Northern Hemisphere and affect also surface weather and …

Influence of temperature changes and vertically transported trace species on the structure of mlt region during major ssw events

A Kumar, MVS Krishna, AK Ranjan, S Bender… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) events are large-scale dynamic phenomena which
can significantly affect the circulation, temperature, and composition of different atmospheric …

Atmospheric effects and signatures of high-energy electron precipitation

RA Marshall, CM Cully - The dynamic loss of Earth's radiation belts, 2020 - Elsevier
Precipitation in the upper atmosphere of energetic radiation belt electrons leads to a number
of secondary effects, including the production of new ionization, emission of X-rays via …

Estimating the impacts of radiation belt electrons on atmospheric chemistry using FIREBIRD II and Van Allen Probes observations

KA Duderstadt, CL Huang, HE Spence… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study considers the impact of electron precipitation from Earth's radiation belts on
atmospheric composition using observations from the NASA Van Allen Probes and NSF …

Modelling the descent of nitric oxide during the elevated stratopause event of January 2013

YJ Orsolini, V Limpasuvan, K Pérot, P Espy… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Using simulations with a whole-atmosphere chemistry-climate model nudged by
meteorological analyses, global satellite observations of nitrogen oxide (NO) and water …

The AEPEX mission: Imaging energetic particle precipitation in the atmosphere through its bremsstrahlung X-ray signatures

RA Marshall, W Xu, T Woods, C Cully, A Jaynes… - Advances in Space …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Atmospheric Effects of Precipitation through Energetic X-rays (AEPEX) mission
is a 6U CubeSat that will monitor energetic electron precipitation from the radiation belts into …

Coupling of stratospheric warmings with mesospheric coolings in observations and simulations

C Zülicke, E Becker, V Matthias, DHW Peters… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
The vertical coupling between the stratosphere and the mesosphere is diagnosed from polar
cap temperatures averaged over 60°–90° N with a new method: the joint occurrence of a …

Transport of nitric oxide via Lagrangian coherent structures into the top of the polar vortex

VL Harvey, S Datta‐Barua… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The energetic particle precipitation (EPP) indirect effect (IE) refers to the downward transport
of reactive odd nitrogen (NOx= NO+ NO2) produced by EPP (EPP‐NOx) from the polar …

Gravity wave activity during recent stratospheric sudden warming events from SOFIE temperature measurements

B Thurairajah, SM Bailey, CY Cullens… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Stratospheric Sudden Warmings (SSWs) followed by the formation of an elevated
stratopause at~ 70–80 km occurred in four of the five recent Arctic winters (2009–2013). We …