TY - T1 - Analysis of Ground Level Enhancements (GLE) : Extreme solar energetic particle events have hard spectra SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/308035 T3 - A1 - Asvestari, E.; Willamo, T.; Gil, A.; Usoskin, I. G.; Kovaltsov, G. A.; Mikhailov, V. V.; Mayorov, A. A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - Nearly 70 Ground Level Enhancements (GLEs) of cosmic rays have been recorded by the worldwide neutron monitor network since the 1950s depicting a big variety of energy spectra of solar energetic particles (SEP). Here we studied a statistical relation between the event-integrated intensity of GLEs (calculated as count-rate relative excess, averaged over all available polar neutron monitors, and expressed in percent-hours) and the hardness of the solar particle energy spectra. For each event the i... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Solar energetic particles; Cosmic rays; COSMIC-RAY EVENTS; PROTON EVENTS; SPACE; CYCLE; 115 Astronomy, Space science N1 - PP - ER -