X-ray magnitude of the 4 November 2003 solar flare inferred from the ionospheric attenuation of the galactic radio background

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A9, 2005, Pages

  Brodrick, David ^a   Tingay, Steven ^b   Wieringa, Mark ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 33747184472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010960     Document Type: Article

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