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Seminar Physik und Chemie der Atmosphäre (Abstract)


Energetic Particles and the Atmosphere
 

May-Britt Kallenrode
Universität Osnabrück

02.12.2005, 13.00 c.t.
Room S3120

Precipitating energetic particles from different sources in helio- and geospace ionize the atmosphere from the thermosphere down to the stratosphere or even upper troposphere. The resulting modifications in atmospheric chemistry include the descruction of ozone. This talk gives an overview over particle populations, their temporal variations, their spatial precipitation and ionization patterns, and the modeling of particle precipitation and its consequences. Some examples for particle precipitation and observed/modeled ozone depletion will be discussed, too.