Calibration of Sunspot Numbers

Details Calibration of Sunspot Numbers Calibration of Sunspot Numbers

2010-08-28

arxiv.org/abs/1008.4832v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Submitted to GRL; 2 pages, 2 figures

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Waldmeier [1971] found a very tight relationship between the F10.7 solar radio flux and the sunspot number and suggested using the flux for an objective calibration of the sunspot number. He suggested that if this relationship changed later on, the sunspot number should be re-calibrated, assuming that the calibration must have drifted with time. I repeat his analysis using data up to the present and it is, indeed, clear that the relationship has changed significantly. This could be due to a drift of the calibration or to a secular change in the visibility of sunspots, or both.

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