A new approach for deriving the solar irradiance from nonflaring solar upper atmosphere plasmas at 2 × 104 ≤ T ≤ 2 × 107 K

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Feldman, U ^a,b   Brown, C M ^b   Seely, J F ^b   Dammasch, I E ^c   Landi, E ^a,b   Doschek, G A ^b   Colgan, J ^d   Abdallah, Jr ^d   Fontes, C J ^d   Sherrill, M E ^d  

^a ARTEP INC   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77949442630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013926     Document Type: Article

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