Revisiting the Sunspot Number

2014/08/04 by F. Clette, Frédéric Clette, Leif Svalgaard +4 · 697 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics #Climatology #Dynamo #Geography #Geology #Magnetic field #Meteorology #Physics #Series (stratigraphy) #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Solar cycle #Solar cycle 22 #Solar wind #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Sunspot #Sunspot number

paper · open access · doi:10.1007/s11214-014-0074-2

published in Space Science Reviews 186(1-4), 35-103 (Springer Science+Business Media)

openalex publication_date 2014/08/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

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