Solar modulation parameter for cosmic rays since 1936 reconstructed from ground-based neutron monitors and ionization chambers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Usoskin, Ilya G ^a   Bazilevskaya, Galina A ^b   Kovaltsov, Gennady A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 79951930975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016105     Document Type: Article

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