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Advances in Astronomy
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 923578, 28 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/923578
Research Article
Solar Field Mapping and Dynamo Behavior
Solar Physics, a.i. solutions, Inc., Suite 215, 10001 Derekwood Lane, Lanham, MD 20706, USA
Received 9 May 2012; Accepted 13 September 2012
Academic Editor: Elmetwally Elabbasy
Copyright © 2012 Kenneth H. Schatten. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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