Comment on “Atmospheric ionization by high-fluence, hard spectrum solar proton events and their probable appearance in the ice core archive” by A. L. Melott et al. [2016]

Authors

Katharine A. Duderstadt, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
Jack E. Dibb, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
Charles H. Jackman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Cora E. Randall, University of Colorado Boulder
Nathan A. Schwadron, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
Stanley C. Solomon, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Harlan E. Spence, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow

Abstract

Key Points

It is necessary to include preexisting stratospheric HNO3 in an analysis of nitrate deposition from SPEs

SPE-produced nitrate is negligible compared to the stratospheric background

Department

Earth Systems Research Center

Publication Date

10-27-2016

Journal Title

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Publisher

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025220

Document Type

Commentary

Recommended Citation

Duderstadt, K. A., J. E. Dibb, C. H. Jackman, C. E. Randall, N. A. Schwadron, S. C. Solomon, and H. E. Spence (2016), Comment on “Atmospheric ionization by high-fluence, hard spectrum solar proton events and their probable appearance in the ice core archive” by A. L. Melott et al. [2016], Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, 12484-12489, https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025220

Rights

©2016. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

Comments

This is an article published by AGU in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres in 2016, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025220