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J. Space Weather Space Clim.
Volume 6, 2016
Brightness Variations of the Sun and Sun-like Stars and Resulting Influences on their Environments
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| Article Number | A38 | |
| Number of page(s) | 13 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2016033 | |
| Published online | 25 October 2016 | |
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