Amplitude of the usual cosmic ray diurnal and enhanced anisotropies: Implications for the observed magnitude, timing, and ranking of Forbush decreases

O Okike - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Cosmic ray (CR) diurnal anisotropy and Forbush decreases (FDs), as well as the
relationship between them, have received considerable study. Several astrophysicists have …

A preliminary investigation of the empirical relationship between small-amplitude Forbush Decreases and solar wind disturbances

FM Menteso, AE Chukwude, O Okike… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
High-magnitude (amplitude) Forbush decreases (FDs) are generally employed by
researchers investigating the solar-terrestrial connection mechanisms. Although it has been …

A comparison of catalogues of Forbush decreases identified from individual and a network of neutron monitors: a critical perspective

O Okike, JA Alhassan, EU Iyida… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Short-term rapid depressions in Galactic cosmic ray (GCR) flux, historically referred to as
Forbush decreases (FDs), have long been recognized as important events in the …

Testing the effect of solar wind parameters and geomagnetic storm indices on Galactic cosmic ray flux variation with automatically-selected Forbush decreases

JA Alhassan, O Okike… - Research in Astronomy …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Forbush decrease (FD), discovered by Scott E. Forbush about 80 years ago, is referred to as
the non-repetitive short-term depression in Galactic cosmic ray (GCR) flux, presumed to be …

Testing the simultaneity of Forbush decreases with algorithm-selected Forbush event catalogue

JA Alhassan, O Okike, AE Chukwude - Journal of Astrophysics and …, 2022 - Springer
Accurate detection and precise timing of transient events such as X-ray photons, γ-ray burst,
coronal mass ejections (CMEs), ground-level enhancements (GLEs) and Forbush …

Effect of solar wind disturbances on small-amplitude simultaneous Forbush events during solar cycle 23

CJ Ugwu, JA Alhassan, O Okike, FM Menteso… - Advances in Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
The transient and rapid reduction in galactic cosmic ray (GCR) flux intensity, commonly
referred to as Forbush decrease (FD), is widely used as a mediator variable in searching for …

The Frequency‐Domain Characterization of Cosmic Ray Intensity Variations Before Forbush Decreases Associated With Geomagnetic Storms

Q Ye, C Wang, F He, B Xue, X Zhang - Space Weather, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nonrecurrent geomagnetic storms caused by Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) can induce
serious impacts on space‐and ground‐based equipment. However, these nonrecurrent …

Empirical implications of location-dependent cosmic ray diurnal anisotropy on small-amplitude Forbush decreases

O Okike, FM Menteso - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2024 - epjplus.epj.org
Forbush decreases (FDs) are one of the most spectacular phenomena in the time-intensity
changes of cosmic ray (CR) flux. They play a crucial role in space-weather predictions. Their …

On the variation of small-amplitude Forbush decreases with solar-geomagnetic parameters

CJ Ugwu, O Okike, FM Menteso, JA Alhassan… - Astrophysics and Space …, 2024 - Springer
Detection of weak signals remains challenging in astrophysics. This is particularly
applicable in the investigation of Forbush events. There is thus, a paucity of catalogs of small …

Analysis of ground level enhancement events of 1989 September 29; 2001 April 15 and 2005 January 20

RE Ugwoke, AA Ubachukwu, JO Urama… - … in Astronomy and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of analyses of the ground level enhancements (GLEs) of cosmic ray
(CR) events on 1989 September 29; 2001 April 15 and 2005 January 20. This involves …