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Solar Limb Surges accompanied by X-Ray Emission

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SUDDEN enhancements of atmospherics are recorded during solar flares1. The extra ionization of the lower D region at these times is brought about by X-rays emitted from the disturbed solar region2.

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KLECZEK, J., KŘIVSKÝ, L. Solar Limb Surges accompanied by X-Ray Emission. Nature 186, 1035–1036 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1861035b0

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