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Commentary on “Atmospheric ionization by high‐fluence, hard‐spectrum solar proton events and their probable appearance in the ice core archive” by A.L. Melott et al. and “Nitrate ion spikes in ice cores not suitable as proxies for solar proton events” by K.A. Duderstadt et al.
Author(s) -
Sinnhuber M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: atmospheres
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-8996
pISSN - 2169-897X
DOI - 10.1002/2016jd024950
Subject(s) - ice core , ionization , core (optical fiber) , proton , ion , fluence , key (lock) , physics , spectrum (functional analysis) , astrophysics , astrobiology , geology , nuclear physics , optics , computer science , climatology , quantum mechanics , computer security
Key Points Comment on Duderstadt et al. and Melott et al. Both come to different conclusions, though they agree in key points The main reason for the disagreement seems to be different assumptions made