High frequency of occurrence of large solar energetic particle events prior to 1958 and a possible repetition in the near future

Space Weather

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  McCracken, K G ^a  

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EID: 58749113850     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006SW000295     Document Type: Article

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