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The influence of interplanetary shocks on solar protons measured in the stratosphere
G A Bazilevskaya1, Stozhkov YuI, A B Struminsky
1P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Advances in Space Research : the Official Journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
Since the beginning of the 22nd solar cycle twenty solar proton events were observed by the regular balloon measurements of cosmic rays. Temporal changes of intensities and energy spectra of solar protons with energy 100-500 MeV were obtained. The strong influence of interplanetary shock waves on the proton flux characteristics near the Earth was observed. Possible effects of solar proton transport in the vicinity of shock fronts are discussed to explain the observational data.