The Behavior of Sunspot Contrast during Cycle 23
β Scribed by M. J. Wesolowski; S. R. Walton; G. A. Chapman
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 381 KB
- Volume
- 248
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0038-0938
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
The method proposed by Hathaway et al. [SoPh 151 (1994) 177] was employed to predict the magnitude of sunspot activities in the declining phase of solar Cycle 23, based on the monthly averages of sunspot number and the smoothed monthly averages of sunspot number, respectively. Our results show that:
Regarding new bipolar magnetic regions as sources of flux, we have simulated the evolution of the radial component of the solar photospheric magnetic field during 1976-1984 and derived the corresponding evolution of the line-of-sight polar fields as seen from Earth. The observed timing and strength