Characteristics of solar proton events associated with ground level enhancements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Oh, S Y ^a   Yi, Y ^b   Bieber, J W ^a   Evenson, P ^a   Kim, Y K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

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EID: 77958542923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015171     Document Type: Article

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