Does sunspot number calibration by the "magnetic needle" make sense?

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1717-1726

  Mursula, K ^a   Usoskin, I ^b   Yakovchouk, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic declination; Long term change; Sunspot numbers

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; APRIORI; GEOMAGNETIC DECLINATION; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MAGNETIC NEEDLES; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR PARAMETERS; SUNSPOT ACTIVITY; SUNSPOT NUMBER;

SOLAR ENERGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 71749083678     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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