Persistent high-latitude ionospheric response to solar wind forcing | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 14, 2024


Article Number		33
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2024029
Published online		13 November 2024

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