Calibration of the GOES 6–16 high-energy proton detectors based on modelling of ground level enhancement energy spectra | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 12, 2022


Article Number		5
Number of page(s)		15
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2022003
Published online		01 April 2022

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