Calibration of the solar position sensor on GOES-R as a proxy for total solar irradiance I: Modeling the SPS bandpass | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 15, 2025


Article Number		7
Number of page(s)		8
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2025004
Published online		04 March 2025

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