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Electron precipitation, the Glossary

Index Electron precipitation

Electron precipitation (also called energetic electron precipitation or EEP) is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs when previously trapped electrons enter the Earth's atmosphere, thus creating communications interferences and other disturbances.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Atmosphere of Earth, Aura (satellite), Aurora, Cyclotron resonance, Electromagnetic pulse, Electron, Envisat, Field line, Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars, Ion, Ionizing radiation, Ionosphere, James Van Allen, Lightning strike, Magnetosphere, Microwave limb sounder, Occultation, Ozone, Ozone depletion, Photon, Radiometer, Rockoon, Solar cycle, Solar wind, Superposed epoch analysis, Van Allen radiation belt, Very low frequency, X-ray.

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Atmosphere of Earth

The atmosphere of Earth is composed of a layer of gas mixture that surrounds the Earth's planetary surface (both lands and oceans), known collectively as air, with variable quantities of suspended aerosols and particulates (which create weather features such as clouds and hazes), all retained by Earth's gravity.

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Aura (satellite)

Aura (EOS CH-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate.

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Aurora

An aurora (aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic).

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Cyclotron resonance

Cyclotron resonance describes the interaction of external forces with charged particles experiencing a magnetic field, thus moving on a circular path.

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Electromagnetic pulse

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also referred to as a transient electromagnetic disturbance (TED), is a brief burst of electromagnetic energy.

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Electron

The electron (or in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge.

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Envisat

Envisat ("Environmental Satellite") is a large Earth-observing satellite which has been inactive since 2012.

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Field line

A field line is a graphical visual aid for visualizing vector fields.

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Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars

Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars (GOMOS), is an instrument on board the European satellite Envisat launched 1 March 2002.

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.

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Ionizing radiation

Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have sufficient energy to ionize atoms or molecules by detaching electrons from them.

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Ionosphere

The ionosphere is the ionized part of the upper atmosphere of Earth, from about to above sea level, a region that includes the thermosphere and parts of the mesosphere and exosphere.

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James Van Allen

James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914August 9, 2006) was an American space physicist at the University of Iowa.

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Lightning strike

A lightning strike or lightning bolt is a lightning event in which the electric discharge takes place between the atmosphere and the ground.

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Magnetosphere

In astronomy and planetary science, a magnetosphere is a region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are affected by that object's magnetic field.

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Microwave limb sounder

The microwave limb sounder (MLS) experiments measure (naturally occurring) microwave thermal emission from the limb (edge) of Earth's upper atmosphere.

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Occultation

An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden from the observer by another object that passes between them.

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Ozone

Ozone (or trioxygen) is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula.

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Ozone depletion

Ozone depletion consists of two related events observed since the late 1970s: a steady lowering of about four percent in the total amount of ozone in Earth's atmosphere, and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone (the ozone layer) around Earth's polar regions.

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Photon

A photon is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force.

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Radiometer

A radiometer or roentgenometer is a device for measuring the radiant flux (power) of electromagnetic radiation.

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Rockoon

A rockoon (from rocket and balloon) is a solid fuel sounding rocket that, rather than being lit immediately while still on the ground, is first carried into the upper atmosphere by a gas-filled balloon, then separated from the balloon and ignited.

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Solar cycle

The solar cycle, also known as the solar magnetic activity cycle, sunspot cycle, or Schwabe cycle, is a nearly periodic 11-year change in the Sun's activity measured in terms of variations in the number of observed sunspots on the Sun's surface.

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Solar wind

The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer, the corona.

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Superposed epoch analysis

Superposed epoch analysis (SPE or SEA), also called Chree analysis after a paper by Charles Chree that employed the technique, is a statistical tool used in data analysis either to detect periodicities within a time sequence or to reveal a correlation (usually in time) between two data sequences (usually two time series).

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Van Allen radiation belt

Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around a planet by that planet's magnetosphere.

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Very low frequency

Very low frequency or VLF is the ITU designation for radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 3–30 kHz, corresponding to wavelengths from 100 to 10 km, respectively.

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X-ray

X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.

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See also

Electron

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_precipitation