Table 1: Large Solar Proton Events

 

 

 

Event

Num.

 

 

Flare

Start Time*

UT

 

 

GOES

X-ray

Flux*

 

 

 

Flare*

Location

 

 

CME**

Velocity

(km/sec)

Peak

>10 MeV

Proton

Intensity+

(cm2sr-s-MeV)-1

 

 

Shock

Time++

UT

1

26 Oct 17:21 2003

X1.2

N02W38

1537

373

28 Oct 1:31

2

28 Oct 9:51 2003

X17.2

S16E08

2459

25242

29 Oct 5:58

3

29 Oct 20:37 2003

X10

S15W02

2029

2158

30 Oct 16:19

4

2 Nov 17:03 2003

X8.3

S14W56

2598

1356

4 Nov 5:59

5

4 Nov 19:29 2003

X28

S19W83

2657

303

6 Nov 19:19

6

20 Jan 06:36 2005

X7.1

W61N14

25001 -

3675

1437

21 Jan 16:45

*All flare data are from http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/index.html

**From Gopalswamy, N.,et al., 29th Internat. Cosmic Ray Conf. 1, 169 (2005)

+ Based on the maximum 1-hour average value from GOES-11

++Obtained from http://www-ssg.sr.unh.edu/mag/ace/ACElists/obs_list.html

1 From G. M. Simnett, Astronomy and Astrophysics 445, 715 (2006)