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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 10, 2020 Topical Issue - Space Weather research in the Digital Age and across the full data lifecycle


Article Number		13
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020014
Published online		17 April 2020

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