Solar variability and the stratosphere

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-187

  Haigh, Joanna D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84899813255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GM000937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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