Assessment of the radiation risk at flight altitudes for an extreme solar particle storm of 774 AD | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 13, 2023 Topical Issue - Space Climate: Long-term effects of solar variability on the Earth’s environment


Article Number		22
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2023020
Published online		26 September 2023

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