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Variations in the cosmic ray density during the initial phase of the Forbush effect during the first hours after the arrival of the interplanetary shock wave have been studied with the use of data on variations in the cosmic ray density with a rigidity of 10 GV obtained by the global survey method by the world network of neutron monitors in 1957‒2012. It is found that behavior of this parameter after the arrival of the shock wave demonstrates high variability. A small (~1/5 of total number), though distinct, group of Forbush effects, in which the density of the cosmic ray increases (not decreases) after the arrival of the shock wave, is defined. As a whole, the initial variation in cosmic ray density is correlated with the Forbush effect magnitude and the strength of the associated geomagnetic disturbance.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Belov, E.A. Eroshenko, M.A. Abunina, A.A. Abunin, V.A. Oleneva, V.G. Yanke, 2016, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2016, Vol. 56, No. 6, pp. 683–689.
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Belov, A.V., Eroshenko, E.A., Abunina, M.A. et al. Behavior of the cosmic ray density during the initial phase of the Forbush effect. Geomagn. Aeron. 56, 645–651 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793216060050
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