Energetic (∼ 1 to 50 MeV) protons associated with Earth-directed coronal mass ejections

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2525-2528

  Torsti, J ^a,b   Anttila, A ^a,b   Kocharov, L ^a,b   Makela P ^a,b   Riihonen, E ^a,b   Sahla, T ^a,b   Teittinen, M ^a,b   Valtonen, E ^a,b   Laitinen, T ^a,b   Vainio, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Department of Physics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PROTONS; SHOCK WAVES; SUN; TELESCOPES;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; ENERGETIC PROTONS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING TELESCOPES; INTERPLANETARY MEDIUM; MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS; PROTON EVENTS; RELATIVISTIC NUCLEI;

SOLAR SYSTEM; ASTROPHYSICS;

CORONAL MORETON WAVE EXPANSION; EARTH DIRECTED CORONAL MASS EJECTION; ENERGETIC AND RELATIVISTIC NUCLEI AND ELECTRON INSTRUMENT; INTERPLANETARY MEDIUM;

EID: 0032118504     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL50062     Document Type: Article

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