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The Cosmic Ray Solar Flare Increase of 16 February 1984

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

A. G. Fenton
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
K. B. Fenton
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
J. E. Humble
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania

Extract

Six solar proton events have been observed by ground level cosmic ray detectors so far during solar cycle 21, a little less than one per year. All of these have been much smaller than the giant events observed in solar cycle 19. As with many other aspects of solar activity, the reason for the differences from cycle to cycle remain unknown.

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Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1984

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