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Odd hydrogen response thresholds for indication of solar proton and electron impact in the mesosphere and stratosphere
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Pekka T. Verronen
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Sodankylä, Finland
Luis Millán
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Monika E. Szeląg
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Niilo Kalakoski
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Antti Kero
Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Sodankylä, Finland
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Short summary
The atmospheric impacts of energetic particle precipitation (EPP) can be useful in understanding the uncertainties of measuring the precipitation. Hence, information on how strong of an EPP flux has observable atmospheric impacts is needed. In this study, we find such threshold flux values using odd hydrogen concentrations from both satellite observations and model simulations. We consider the effects of solar proton events and radiation belt electron precipitation in the middle atmosphere.
The atmospheric impacts of energetic particle precipitation (EPP) can be useful in understanding...
