Emergence of magnetic flux on the sun as the cause of a 158-day periodicity in sunspot areas

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6693, 1998, Pages 552-553

  Oliver, R ^a   Ballester, J L ^a   Baudin, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; PERIODICITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLAR ENERGY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032490993     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29012     Document Type: Article

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