Prospects for future enhanced solar energetic particle events and the effects of weaker heliospheric magnetic fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Kahler, S W ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 58749114173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013168     Document Type: Article

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