Аннотация:The solar cycle 20-22 direct spacecraft measurement results are used to analyze the occurrence
frequency and distribution function of solar energetic particle (SEP) events as dependent on solar
activity. The analysis has shown that
· the mean occurrence frequency of the SEP events with ³30 MeV proton fluence sizes exceeding
106 is proportional to sunspot number,
· the SEP event proton distribution functions for periods of different solar activity levels can be
described to be power-law functions whose spectral form (spectral indices and cutoff values) are
the same.
The above results permit the following conclusions:
a) to within statistical deviations, the total number of SEP events observed during any given
time interval is proportional to the sum of mean-yearly sunspot numbers;
b) large SEP