Ionization effect of strong solar particle events: Low-middle atmosphere

31st International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Usoskin, Ilya G ^a   Tylka, Allan J ^b   Kovaltsov, Gennady A ^c   Dietrich, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cosmic rays; Ionization; Solar energetic particles

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IONIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

FORBUSH DECREASE; GROUND LEVEL ENHANCEMENTS; IONIZATION EFFECT; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PROTON ENERGY SPECTRA; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES; SOLAR PARTICLE EVENTS; WIDE ENERGY RANGE;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 84899121172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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