The heliospheric Hale cycle over the last 300 years and its implications for a “lost” late 18th century solar cycle

Mathew J. Owens; Ken G. McCracken; Mike Lockwood; Luke Barnard

doi:10.1051/swsc/2015032

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Volume 5 (2015)

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 5 (2015) A30

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


Article Number		A30
Number of page(s)		9
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2015032
Published online		09 September 2015

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