Long term changes in EUV and X-ray emissions from the solar corona and chromosphere as measured by the response of the Earth's ionosphere during total solar eclipses from 1932 to 1999

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-273

  Davis, C J ^a   Clarke, E M ^b   Bamford, R A ^a   Lockwood, M ^c   Bell, S A ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (solar radiation and cosmic ray effects); Solar physics, astrophysics, and astronomy (corona and transition region)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003995938     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-263-2001     Document Type: Article

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