Articles | Volume 9, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3961-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3961-2016
Model evaluation paper
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08 Nov 2016
Model evaluation paper |  | 08 Nov 2016

Evaluation of Monte Carlo tools for high energy atmospheric physics

Casper Rutjes, David Sarria, Alexander Broberg Skeltved, Alejandro Luque, Gabriel Diniz, Nikolai Østgaard, and Ute Ebert

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High energy atmospheric physics includes terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, electron–positron beams and gamma-ray glows from thunderstorms. It requires appropriate models for the interaction of energetic particles with the atmosphere. We benchmark general purpose and custom-made codes against each other. We focus on basic tests, namely on the evolution of particles through air in the absence of electric and magnetic fields, providing a first benchmark for present and future custom-made codes.