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Decrease in Upper-Atmosphere Density Since the Sunspot Maximum of 1957–58

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KING-HELE, D. Decrease in Upper-Atmosphere Density Since the Sunspot Maximum of 1957–58. Nature 198, 832–834 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198832a0

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