Converting Riometer Absorptions to Electron Energy Fluxes Based on the First Principle Modeling of Ionospheric Responses to Energetic Electrons, X-Rays and Solar Protons Precipitations
Abstract
Based on satellites monitoring of the X-Rays Precipitations (Solar Flares), Solar Proton Precipitations (Solar Proton Events), and Riometer absorption in association with F region plasma patches formed in the cusp and propagating into the polar cap, we estimate ionospheric D-Layer ionization caused by energetic electrons precipitations based on our Computational Model of D-Region Ion Production. Knowing D-Layer ionization mechanisms will allow us to monitor precipitating electron source rates based on routine ionospheric absorption measurements by the Canadian Geospace Observatory Riometer Network (GO-RIO).
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AGUFMSA33B3471K
- Keywords:
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- 0355 Thermosphere: composition and chemistry;
- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTUREDE: 3315 Data assimilation;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSESDE: 2447 Modeling and forecasting;
- IONOSPHEREDE: 2736 Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS