Timing of the solar wind propagation delay between L1 and Earth based on machine learning

Carsten Baumann; Aoife E. McCloskey

doi:10.1051/swsc/2021026

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J. Space Weather Space Clim., 11 (2021) 41

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


Article Number		41
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2021026
Published online		13 August 2021

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