Magnitudes and timescales of total solar irradiance variability

Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kopp, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Solar activity; Sun; Total irradiance; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979994379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21157251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2016025     Document Type: Review

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