Uniting the Sun’s Hale magnetic cycle and “extended solar cycle” paradigms

Through meticulous daily observation of the Sun’s large-scale magnetic field the Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) has catalogued two magnetic (Hale) cycles of solar activity. Those two (∼22-year long) Hale cycles have yielded four (∼11-year long) sunspot cycles (numbers 21 through 24). Recent research...

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Main Authors: Scott W. McIntosh, Philip H. Scherrer, Leif Svalgaard, Robert J. Leamon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.923049/full