A new method for forecasting the solar cycle descent time | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 5, 2015


Article Number		A29
Number of page(s)		9
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2015030
Published online		26 August 2015

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