Identification of photospheric activity features from SOHO/MDI data using the ASAP tool | 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 5, 2015 Solar variability, solar forcing, and coupling mechanisms in the terrestrial atmosphere


Article Number		A15
Number of page(s)		15
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2015013
Published online		19 June 2015

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