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The catalog of ground level enhancements of solar cosmic rays during cycles 21—23 of solar activity has been presented. The main properties, time distribution, and relation of these events to solar sources and proton enhancements observed on satellites have been studied.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Belov, E.A. Eroshenko, O.N. Kryakunova, V.G. Kurt, V.G. Yanke, 2010, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2010, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 23–36.
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Belov, A.V., Eroshenko, E.A., Kryakunova, O.N. et al. Ground level enhancements of solar cosmic rays during the last three solar cycles. Geomagn. Aeron. 50, 21–33 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793210010032
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