Solar proton events recorded in the stratosphere during cosmic ray balloon observations in 1957-2008

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 603-613

  Bazilevskaya, G A ^a   Makhmutov, V S ^a   Stozhkov, Y I ^a   Svirzhevskaya, A K ^a   Svirzhevsky, N S ^a  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Balloon cosmic ray observation; Solar energetic particle events; Sunspot solar cycle

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; COSMOLOGY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; NEUTRON DETECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; NEAR-EARTH SPACES; NEUTRON MONITORS; SECONDARY PARTICLES; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENTS; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES; SOLAR PROTON EVENTS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 75149167596     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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