(a) Distribution of all SEP events (black) and DME events (blue) and (b) occurrence rate of DME events by foopoint location relative to associated flare site with associated Poisson error. E_max for non-DME (orange circles) and DME (blue circles) events and DME event E₀ (blue diamonds) for (c) different footpoint locations and (d) different peak flux at 10 MeV. (e) E₀ (blue diamonds) and E_max (black circles) values versus CME speed for DME events. (f) DME event E₀ as a function of E_max. Panels (c–f) include the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient within the legends provided.