Are the sunspots really vanishing? - Anomalies in solar cycle 23 and implications for long-term models and proxies | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 2, 2012 Space Climate


Article Number		A06
Number of page(s)		9
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2012007
Published online		25 June 2012

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