Frequency distributions: From the sun to the earth

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 791-805

  Crosby, N B ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

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EID: 84984399809     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-18-791-2011     Document Type: Article

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