Photometric magnetic-activity metrics tested with the Sun: application to Kepler M dwarfs | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Solar variability, solar forcing, and coupling mechanisms in the terrestrial atmosphere

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 4, 2014 Solar variability, solar forcing, and coupling mechanisms in the terrestrial atmosphere


Article Number		A15
Number of page(s)		9
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2014011
Published online		14 May 2014

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