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Sunspot Numbers

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    dateStamp:  2011-11-17
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            title:  Sunspot Numbers
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                date:  1700
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        abstract:  In 1848 the Swiss astronomer Johann Rudolph Wolf introduced a daily measurement of sunspot number. His method, which is still used today, counts the total number of spots visible on the face of the sun and the number of groups into which they cluster, because neither quantity alone satisfactorily measures sunpsot activity.An observer computes a daily sunspot number by multiplying the number of groups he sees by ten and then adding this product to his total count of individual spots. Results, however, vary greatly, since the measurement stongly depends on observer interpretation and experience and on the stability of the Earth's atmosphere above the observing site. Moreover, the use of Earth as a platform from which to record these numbers contributes to their variability, too, because the sun rotates and the evolving spot groups are distributed unevenly across solar longitudes. To compensate for these limitations, each daily international number is computed as a weighted average of measurements made from a network of cooperating observatories.
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            otherConstraints:  Access Constraints: No Constraints Use Constraints: None Distribution Liability: While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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        supplementalInformation:  These archives include: International Sunspot Number -- sunspot maximum and minimum 1610-present; annual numbers 1700-present; monthly numbers 1749-present; daily values 1818-present; and sunspot numbers by north and south hemisphere. The McNish-Lincoln sunspot prediction is also included, American sunspot numbers 1944-present, Ancient sunspot data 165 BC to 1684 AD, and Group Sunspot Numbers (Doug Hoyt re-evaluation) 1610-1995ISSN 0579-7144, UAG-95, Sunspot Numbers: 1610-1985 (based on The Sunspot Activity in the years 1610-1960, by Prof. M. Waldmeier, Copyright 1961, Swiss Federal Observatory, Zurich, Switzerland), revised by John A. McKinnon, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, Boulder, CO, January 1987SGD ISSN 0038-0911
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                fees:  $120.00/$90.00 plus handling and shipping outside the USA
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