Major solar energetic particle events of solar cycles 22 and 23: Intensities above the streaming limit

Space Weather

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Lario, D ^a   Aran, A ^b   Decker, R B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 67650355259     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008SW000403     Document Type: Article

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