The Polar Cap (PC) index combination, PCC: relations to solar wind properties and global magnetic disturbances | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 11, 2021


Article Number		19
Number of page(s)		23
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020074
Published online		01 March 2021

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