Does the F10.7 index correctly describe solar EUV flux during the deep solar minimum of 2007-2009?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Yiding ^a,b   Liu, Libo ^a   Wan, Weixing ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

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EID: 79954503129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016301     Document Type: Article

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