What Voyager cosmic ray data in the outer heliosphere tells us about 10Be production in the Earths polar atmosphere in the recent past

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Webber, W R ^a   Higbie, P R ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Physics Department New Mexico State University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 77952333558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014532     Document Type: Article

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