The Solar Flux and Sunspot Number; A Long-Trend Analysis

Babu Ram Tiwari; Mukul Kumar

doi:10.21467/ias.5.1.47-51

Authors

Babu Ram Tiwari Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Mukul Kumar State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21467/ias.5.1.47-51

Abstract

We investigate the nature of monthly sunspot numbers and solar flux F10.7 by employing the linear and multiple regression techniques. We observed a brilliant correlation between monthly mean sunspot number and F10.7. We observed that even in deep solar minimum there exist some magnetic activities. We obtained the coefficient of determination R² to be 0.9533. We estimated the correlation coefficient for solar flux F10.7 and sunspot number to be 0.97. We extrapolated the F10.7 back to the year 1700 and observed a good correspondence between the modelled F10.7 and sunspot nature. We also found a very good correspondence between the modelled and observed solar flux F10.7.

Keywords:

Sunspots, Solar cycle, Solar Flux

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