Semi-annual, annual and Universal Time variations in the magnetosphere and in geomagnetic activity: 1. Geomagnetic data | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 10, 2020


Article Number		23
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020023
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