A technique for short-term warning of solar energetic particle events based on flare location, flare size, and evidence of particle escape

Space Weather

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Laurenza, M ^a   Cliver, E W ^b   Hewitt, J ^b   Storini, M ^a   Ling, A G ^c   Balch, C C ^d   Kaiser, M L ^e  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 70350050632     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007SW000379     Document Type: Article

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