Abstract
Some aspects of the temporal and spatial variations of low energy solar protons are examined by comparing data from the polar orbiting satellite 1963 38C with measurements in interplanetary space by Explorers 33 and 34. Selected periods during the events of September 1966 and May 1967 are used to show a variety of features in the polar region latitude profiles. The proton intensity in the low latitude ‘rim’ of the polar region appears to track the interplanetary flux of solar protons more readily than does the polar intensity. The rim straddles the energetic electron trapping boundary, and the rim intensity is frequently greater than the polar plateau flux. The inter-satellite comparisons and latitude profiles are discussed in terms of model requirements.
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Bostrom, C.O. (1970). Entry of Low Energy Solar Protons into the Magnetosphere. In: Manno, V., Page, D.E. (eds) Intercorrelated Satellite Observations Related to Solar Events. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3278-0_16
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