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The paper presents the results of numerical photochemical simulations of the impact of the most powerful solar proton flares during the 23rd solar cycle on the ozonosphere in the polar regions of the Earth. A global 3D photochemical model, CHARM, developed at Central Aerological Observatory (CAO) was used in the simulations. The model introduces an additional source of nitrogen atoms and OH radicals. These components are formed due to the ionization effect of solar protons in the Earth’s atmosphere. The ionization rate was determined from data on proton fluxes measured by GOES satellites. The production rate of additional NO x and HО x molecules per ion pair was based on published theoretical studies. It is shown that the most intense flares in the 23rd solar cycle (2000, 2001, and 2003) destroyed ozone in the mesosphere to a great extent (sometimes completely, for example, during the July 14, 2000, event). It is found that the response of ozone to solar proton events follows a seasonal pattern. For the first time, the long-term effect of solar proton events is identified; it is approximately one year.
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Original Russian Text © A.A. Krivolutsky, T.Yu. Vyushkova, I.A. Mironova, 2017, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2017, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 173–194.
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Krivolutsky, A.A., Vyushkova, T.Y. & Mironova, I.A. Changes in the chemical composition of the atmosphere in the polar regions of the Earth after solar proton flares (3d modeling). Geomagn. Aeron. 57, 156–176 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793217020074
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