On-orbit calibration of geostationary electron and proton flux observations for augmentation of an existing empirical radiation model | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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


Article Number		28
Number of page(s)		16
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020031
Published online		16 July 2020

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