Essays about: "SPE: Solar Proton Events"

Found 2 essays containing the words SPE: Solar Proton Events.

  1. 1. Multiradionuclide evidence for an extreme solar proton event around 2610 BP

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Paschal Ohare; [2017]
    Keywords : cosmic-rays; cosmogenic radionuclides; NGRIP; GRIP; solar proton event; SPE; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Recently it has been confirmed that extreme solar proton events (SPE) can lead to significantly increased production of cosmogenic radionuclides (Mekhaldi et al. 2015). The evidence of these events can be recorded in tree rings (14C) and ice cores (10Be, 36Cl). READ MORE

  3. 2. The cosmic-ray events around AD 775 and AD 993 : assessing their causes and possible effects on climate

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Florian Mekhaldi; [2014]
    Keywords : cosmic-rays; cosmogenic radionuclides; GICC05; NGRIP; solar proton event; storminess; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Miyake et al. (2012, 2013) discovered rapid increases of 14C content in tree rings dated to AD 774-5 and AD 992-3 which were attributed to unprecedented cosmic-ray events. These extreme particle events have no counterparts in the instrumental and historical record and consequently praised great interest. READ MORE