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Modeling of the Radiation Situation on the Earth during Solar Proton Events in the Process of Geomagnetic Reversal
The radiation from galactic and solar cosmic rays as they pass through the modern and rarefied (as
a result of multiple reversals) atmosphere during solar proton events and at the time of geomagnetic reversal
is studied. We suppose that, during the reversal process, the geomagnetic field weakens and takes on an
axisymmetric quadrupole configuration. It is shown that, in the case of a single reversal, when the atmosphere
does not have time to change, radiation dose powers increase only at low latitudes and are identical to
the modern radiation at the poles. However, during the period of multiple inversions, when the atmosphere
is rarefied, the level of radiation at the moment of reversal on the Earth’s surface increases, on average, twice
as much as today’s radiation at all latitudes, which can affect the biosphere.