What do we really know about the sun-climate connection?

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 913-921

  Friis Christensen, Eigil ^a   Svensmark, Henrik ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

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EID: 0040932669     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00499-7     Document Type: Article

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