An Examination of Selected Geomagnetic Indices in Relation to the Sunspot Cycle

Details An Examination of Selected Geomagnetic Indices in Relation to the Sunspot Cycle An Examination of Selected Geomagnetic Indices in Relation to the Sunspot Cycle

Dec 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006stin...0721477w&link_type=abstract

Technical Report, NASA/TP-2006-214711; M-1178

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Sunspots, Sunspot Cycle, Geomagnetism, Sudden Storm Commencements, Cycles, Estimates

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Previous studies have shown geomagnetic indices to be useful for providing early estimates for the size of the following sunspot cycle several years in advance. Examined this study are various precursor methods for predicting the minimum and maximum amplitude of the following sunspot cycle, these precursors based on the aa and Ap geomagnetic indices and the number of disturbed days (NDD), days when the daily Ap index equaled or exceeded 25. Also examined is the yearly peak of the daily Ap index (Apmax), the number of days when Ap greater than or equal to 100, cyclic averages of sunspot number R, aa, Ap, NDD, and the number of sudden storm commencements (NSSC), as well the cyclic sums of NDD and NSSC. The analysis yields 90-percent prediction intervals for both the minimum and maximum amplitudes for cycle 24, the next sunspot cycle. In terms of yearly averages, the best regressions give Rmin = 9.8+/-2.9 and Rmax = 153.8+/-24.7, equivalent to Rm = 8.8+/-2.8 and RM = 159+/-5.5, based on the 12-mo moving average (or smoothed monthly mean sunspot number). Hence, cycle 24 is expected to be above average in size, similar to cycles 21 and 22, producing more than 300 sudden storm commencements and more than 560 disturbed days, of which about 25 will be Ap greater than or equal to 100. On the basis of annual averages, the sunspot minimum year for cycle 24 will be either 2006 or 2007.

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