Space weather from explosions on the sun: How bad could it be?

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Volumn 95, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 201-202

  Schrijver, Carolus J ^a   Beer, Jürg ^b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

human impact; natural hazard; solar flares; space weather

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD; NATURAL HAZARD; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84903141437     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: 23249250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014EO240001     Document Type: Article

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