Variation in sunspot properties between 1999 and 2011 as observed with the Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 541, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rezaei, R ^a   Beck, C ^b,c   Schmidt, W ^a  

^a KIEPENHEUER INSTITUT FÜR SONNENPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Sun: evolution; Sun: magnetic topology; Sun: photosphere; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VARIATIONS; END OF CYCLES; FIELD STRENGTHS; GERMAN VACUUM TOWER TELESCOPES; IN-FIELD; INITIAL STAGES; LATE STAGE; LONG-TERM TREND; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MAGNETIC TOPOLOGIES; NEAR INFRARED; QUIET SUN; SOLAR CYCLE; SPECTRAL LINE; STATISTICAL FLUCTUATIONS; STATISTICAL VARIANCE; SUN: EVOLUTION; SUN: PHOTOSPHERE; SUNSPOTS; TENERIFE INFRARED POLARIMETERS; TIME INTERVAL; ZEEMAN SPLITTINGS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR ENERGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 84860279510     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118635     Document Type: Article

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