On Mon, 23 September 2002, "John Kaufmann" wrote:
>
> In comparing conditions before and after a solar cycle
> peak, I think it's worth looking at how the sunspot
> numbers build and decline around the peak. If I look
> at charts of the last three cycles, it appears to my
> eyes that the buildup from the trough to the peak is
> more rapid than the decay in the opposite direction.
I should mention a useful link here:
http://www.spaceweather.com/java/sunspot.html.
The sunspot plotter feature on this Web page allows you
to look at the sunspot numbers for 11 years at a time,
centered on any year that you select. I think you'll
see the trend I mentioned above.
73, John W1FV
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