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The effect of 13 solar flares (&gt;C8) that occurred from 4 to 10 September 2017 were studied at three European Digisonde stations (Juliusruh (54.63\u00b0N, 13.37\u00b0E), Pr\u016fhonice (49.98\u00b0N, 14.55\u00b0E) and San Vito (40.6\u00b0N, 17.8\u00b0E)). The present study compares the results of the amplitude method with the absorption changes measured by the Finnish Riometer Network and determined by the NOAA D-RAP model during the same events. The X-class flares caused 1.5\u20132.5 dB of attenuation at 30\u201332.5 MHz based on the riometer data, while the absorption changes were between 10 and 15 dB in the 2.5\u20134.5 MHz frequency range according to the amplitude data. The impact caused by energetic particles after the solar flares are clearly seen in the riometer data, while among the Digisonde stations it can be observed only at Juliusruh in some certain cases. Comparing the results of the amplitude method with the D-RAP model it seems evident that the observed absorption values almost always exceed the values given by the model both at 2.5 MHz and at 4 MHz during the investigated period. According to the comparison between the riometer data with the D-RAP, generally, the model underestimates the absorption values obtained from the riometers during solar flares except at the highest latitude stations, while D-RAP overestimates the impact during the particle events.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16213975","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,28]],"date-time":"2024-10-28T07:04:04Z","timestamp":1730099044000},"page":"3975","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Ionospheric Absorption Variation Based on Ionosonde and Riometer Data and the NOAA D-RAP Model over Europe During Intense Solar Flares in September 2017"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Veronika","family":"Barta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science, 9400 Sopron, Hungary"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1672-1510","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tam\u00e1s","family":"Boz\u00f3ki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science, 9400 Sopron, Hungary"},{"name":"Department of Geophysics and Space Science, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, ELTE E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary"}]},{"given":"D\u00e1vid P\u00e9ter","family":"S\u00fcle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science, 9400 Sopron, Hungary"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Kouba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 141 31 Prague, Czech Republic"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5337-7598","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jens","family":"Mielich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, 18225 Kuehlungsborn, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0455-5746","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tero","family":"Raita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sodankyl\u00e4 Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, 99600 Sodankyl\u00e4, Finland"}]},{"given":"Attila","family":"Buz\u00e1s","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science, 9400 Sopron, Hungary"},{"name":"HUN-REN-ELTE Space Research Group, 1117 Budapest, Hungary"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Zolesi, B., and Cander, L. 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