About the recalibration of the sunspot record

In 2015 the calculation of the International (Zurich) sunspot number was cancelled, and it was replaced by a new "recalibrated" series. A new data series was proposed also for the Group sunspot number. As a result, these two series which originally differed mainly in their long-term trends...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Georgieva, Katya, Kilcik, Ali, Nagovitsyn, Yury, Kirov, Boian
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 22.01.2017
Subjects
Irradiance
Solar activity
Sunspots
Trends
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Summary:In 2015 the calculation of the International (Zurich) sunspot number was cancelled, and it was replaced by a new "recalibrated" series. A new data series was proposed also for the Group sunspot number. As a result, these two series which originally differed mainly in their long-term trends, were "reconciled", and the long-term trends in both of them were minimized. These changes led to new reconstructions of the long-term variations of solar irradiance, and to reconsidering the impact of the solar activity variations on climate change. Here we use data for the number of sunspots and the number of sunspot groups from a single observatory with continuous and homogeneous observations in order to evaluate how justified these recalibrations are.
ISSN:2331-8422