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STP12 Abstracts<br />

Berlin, 12 - 16 July <strong>2010</strong><br />

SCOSTEP Symposium <strong>2010</strong><br />

Energetic Particle Precipitation in the Upper Atmosphere: Sources <strong>an</strong>d Consequences<br />

Lu G<strong>an</strong>g<br />

National Center for Atmospheric Research<br />

Energetic particles, namely electron <strong>an</strong>d ions, released from the Sun <strong>an</strong>d from the Earth's<br />

magnetosphere are import<strong>an</strong>t sources of ionization of neutral gases in the upper atmosphere.<br />

Owing to their different characteristic energies <strong>an</strong>d energy fluxes, there are distinctive<br />

differences in geoeffectiveness among solar energetic protons (SEPs), ring current energetic<br />

particles, <strong>an</strong>d auroral particles in terms of their energy deposition in the ionosphere <strong>an</strong>d<br />

atmosphere. While precipitating electrons with <strong>an</strong> average energy 1 MeV c<strong>an</strong><br />

penetrate deep into the atmosphere, causing ionization at altitudes below 100 km. SEPs c<strong>an</strong><br />

also signific<strong>an</strong>tly alter the neutral composition in regions between the lower thermosphere <strong>an</strong>d<br />

upper stratosphere. This paper will demonstrate the effects associated with the energetic<br />

particles from the various sources based on numerical simulations from the NCAR<br />

TIMEGCM, with <strong>an</strong> emphasis on the inter-comparison amongst the different source<br />

populations.

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