Cycle 24 - time to panic
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| Number: | 99 |
| 1st Author: | Leif Svalgaard |
| 2nd Author: | and Hugh Hudson |
| Published: | 13 April 2009 |
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Introduction
We're in an extended period of minimal solar activity (see Nugget 91 for a previous look at this issue - without flares, RHESSI is missing its most important observational work, and there has not been even a C-class flare yet this year. Will sunspots and flares ever return? How unusual is this behavior? In this Nugget we conclude that it is too soon to panic, but that certainly we're seeing an unusually diminished level of activity.
F10.7
Counting the new and old spots
Historical fact
Conclusions
Facts about Cycle 24 - time to panicRDF feed
| RHESSI Nugget Date | 13 April 2009 + |
| RHESSI Nugget First Author | Leif Svalgaard + |
| RHESSI Nugget Index | 99 + |
| RHESSI Nugget Second Author | and Hugh Hudson + |
