B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication
New reconstruction of annual integral solar proton fluences between 1984--2019
Authors: Usoskin, Ilya; Raukunen, Osku; Koldobskiy, Sergey; Kovaltsov, Gennady; Vainio, Rami
Editors: Saito, Takayuki; Okumura, Kimihiro
Conference name: International Cosmic Ray Conference
Publisher: Sissa Medialab
Publication year: 2024
Journal: POS Proceedings of Science
Book title : Proceedings of 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2023)
Journal name in source: Proceedings of Science
Article number: 1242
Volume: 444
eISSN: 1824-8039
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.444.1242
Web address : https://pos.sissa.it/444/1242/
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/484558136
Accurately determining the long-term fluxes and variability of solar energetic particles (SEPs) is crucial for understanding space physics. However, there are significant uncertainties in assessing average SEP fluxes over the past decades using different methods and datasets. In this study, we aim to re-evaluate annual integral SEP fluences using in-situ measurements from 1984 to 2019, covering three solar cycles 22 – 24. We reconstructed a comprehensive time series of integral SEP fluxes above various energy thresholds (10, 30, 60, 100, and 200 MeV) based on observations from the GOES satellites. To ensure a consistent dataset, we performed intercalibration of the fluxes by establishing linear relations between overlapping observations. Precise calculations of annual SEP fluences were obtained through careful subtraction of galactic cosmic ray (GCR) background and identification of SEP event periods. We calculated annual integral fluences of SEPs for the period spanning 1984 to 2019 at different energy thresholds. Our analysis revealed that solar cycle 24 exhibited a significantly weaker SEP fluence (5 to 8 times lower) compared to cycles 22 and 23.
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Funding information in the publication:
R.V. acknowledges funding from the Academy of Finland (FORESAIL Centre of Excellence, project no. 336809). This work was also partly supported by the Academy of Finland (projects ESPERA, No. 321882, and QUASARE, No. 330064), University of Oulu (Project SARPEDON).
