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- The energy deposited into the atmosphere from ionization of atmospheric gases, as well as excitation of photometric and x-ray emissions. The ionospheric effects resulting from the energy deposition by incident particle fluxes include:
- production of secondary electrons (ionization)
- enhanced steady-state electron density
- photometric emissions
- bremsstrahlung x-rays
- conductivity changes
- E-region horizontal currents
- plasma heating(collisional, Joule heating)
- magnetic field perturbations
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