Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Sep 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010jgra..11509105f&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 115, Issue A9, CiteID A09105
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
2
Magnetospheric Physics: Energetic Particles: Precipitating, Space Weather: Solar Effects, Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy: Flares, Interplanetary Physics: Coronal Mass Ejections (7513), Interplanetary Physics: Energetic Particles (7514)
Scientific paper
Ground-level enhancements (GLEs) are sudden, sharp, and short-lived increases in cosmic ray intensities registered by neutron monitors. These enhancements are known to take place during powerful solar eruptions. In the present investigation, the cosmic ray intensities registered by the Oulu neutron monitor have been studied for the period between January 1979 and July 2009. Over this span of time, increase rates of 32 GLEs have been deduced. In addition, we have studied characteristics of the 32 event-associated solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and solar energetic particle (SEP) fluxes. We found that all of the 32 GLEs were associated with solar flares, CMEs, and SEP fluxes. Approximately 82% of the events were associated with X-class flares. Most of the flares that were associated with GLEs of increase rates >10% originated from the active regions located on the southwest hemisphere of the Sun. The average speed (1726.17 km/s) of GLE-associated CMEs was much faster than the average speed (423.39 km/s) of non-GLE-associated CMEs. It also became evident that ˜67% GLEs were associated with very fast (>1500 km/s) CMEs. Although a GLE event is often associated with a fast CME, this alone does not necessarily cause the enhancement. Solar flares with strong optical signatures may sometimes cause GLE. High SEP fluxes often seem to be responsible for causing GLEs as the correlation with SEP fluxes implies.
Cho Kyung-Suk
Dorman Lev I.
Firoz Kazi A.
Hwang Jungseek
Kaushik Subhash Chandra
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