Decay rates of sunspot groups from 1874 to 1976

Martinez Pillet, V.; Moreno-Insertis, F.; Vazquez, M.
Referencia bibliográfica

(IAU, European Regional Astronomy Meeting, 11th, La Laguna, Spain, July 3-8, 1989) Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 170, no. 1-2, Aug. 1990, p. 3-7.

Fecha de publicación:
8
1990
Número de autores
3
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
1
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1
Descripción
The global behavior and fine structure of the distribution of sunspot decay rates from activity cycle 13 to 20 are presented. It is shown that the distribution of this parameter is lognormal. Statistically significantly lower values of decay rates are found in cycles 13, 14, and 18 for isolated spots. The complex groups had no appreciable changes.