Trends in the solar quiet geomagnetic field variation linked to the Earth's magnetic field secular variation and increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Elias, Ana G ^a,b   De Artigas, Marta Zossi ^a,b   De Haro Barbas, Blas F ^b  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

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EID: 77956091945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015136     Document Type: Article

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