Latitudinal distribution of sunspots revisited

Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Cho, Il Hyun ^a,b   Chang, Heon Young ^c  

^a Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Sun; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857152353     PISSN: 20935587     EISSN: 20931409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5140/JASS.2011.28.1.001     Document Type: Article

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