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Author Topic: Counting Sunspots and Sunspot Inflation  (Read 1798 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Counting Sunspots and Sunspot Inflation
« on: January 06, 2013, 2009 UTC »
There is a very good article here: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/01/04/counting-sunspots-and-sunspot-inflation/ for those interested in a technical discussion regarding the various correction factors applied to the sunspot numbers.


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Re: Counting Sunspots and Sunspot Inflation
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2013, 1839 UTC »
Thanks for this link. I spent hours there last night.
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