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, The scientific output of the doctoral programme, pertinent to the topic of this study, consists in four communications at international conferences and four original research articles published in open-access format. The following lists enumerate these scientific outcomes

?. M. Bengulescu, P. Blanc, and L. Wald, On the temporal variability of the surface solar radiation by means of spectral representations, Advances in Science and Research, vol.13, pp.121-127, 2016.
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?. M. Bengulescu, P. Blanc, and L. Wald, On the intrinsic time-scales of temporal variability in measurements of the surface solar radiation, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Discussions, vol.2016, pp.1-35, 2016.

?. M. Bengulescu, P. Blanc, and L. Wald, Characterizing temporal variability in measurements of surface solar radiation and its dependence on climate, Resources & the Environment (ERE), vol.97, pp.164-171, 2016.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01406104

?. M. Bengulescu, P. Blanc, A. Boilley, and L. Wald, Do modelled or satellitebased estimates of surface solar irradiance accurately describe its temporal variability?, In: Advances in Science and Research, vol.14, pp.35-48, 2017.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01472866

?. M. Communications, P. Bengulescu, L. Blanc, and . Wald, Assessing the temporal variability of the surface solar radiation with time-frequency-energy representations, 15th EMS annual meeting, vol.12, pp.2015-230, 2015.

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?. M. Bengulescu, P. Blanc, and L. Wald, Adaptive data analysis for characterizing the temporal variability of the solar resource, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, vol.18, pp.2016-14847, 2016.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01304623

?. M. Bengulescu, P. Blanc, and L. Wald, Hilbert-Huang spectral analysis for characterizing the intrinsic time-scales of variability in decennial time-series of surface solar radiation, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, vol.18, pp.2016-14549, 2016.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01304624

?. M. Bengulescu, P. Blanc, and L. Wald, Hilbert-Huang spectral analysis for the characterization of variability in satellite-derived time series of surface solar irradiance, 16th EMS Annual Meeting, vol.13, pp.2016-372, 2016.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01387199

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