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The relation of the fluxes of relativistic electrons in geostationary orbit during magnetic storms to the state of the magnetosphere and variations in the solar wind parameters is studied based on the GOES satellite data (1996–2000). It has been established that, in ∼52–65% of all storms, the fluxes of electrons with energies higher than 0.6 and 2 MeV during the storm recovery phase are more than twice as high as the electron fluxes before a storm. It has been indicated that the probability of such cases is closely related to the prestorm level of fluxes and to a decrease in fluxes during the storm main phase. It has been found that the solar wind velocity on the day of the storm main phase and the geomagnetic activity indices at the beginning of the storm recovery phase are also among the best indicators of occurrence of storms with increased fluxes at the storm recovery phase.
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Degtyarev, S.E. Chudnenko, 2007, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2007, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 11-17.
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Degtyarev, V.I., Chudnenko, S.E. Indicators of an increase in the flux of relativistic electrons in geostationary orbit during geomagnetic storms. Geomagn. Aeron. 47, 8–14 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793207010021
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