ACRIM3 and the Total Solar Irradiance database

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 352, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 341-352

  Willson, Richard C ^a  

^a ACRIM   (United States)

Author keywords

Decadal Trends; SI Calibration; Total Solar Irradiance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904503652     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-014-1961-4     Document Type: Article

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