{"id":345,"date":"2021-10-26T07:17:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T07:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/blog\/?p=345"},"modified":"2024-03-30T18:54:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T18:54:40","slug":"sunspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/26\/sunspots\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunspots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"section offwhite\"><div class=\"container\">What could possibly be as exciting as weather history? Space weather history! Space weather is partly caused by activity on the surface of the sun, such as sun spots. The solar cycle is quite reliable, occurring typically once every 11 years. The following NASA chart illustrates the number of sunspots that occur each month.<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped container wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" data-id=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunspot-bfly1-1024x610.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunspot-bfly1-1024x610.gif 1024w, https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunspot-bfly1-300x179.gif 300w, https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunspot-bfly1-768x457.gif 768w, https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunspot-bfly1-1536x914.gif 1536w, https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunspot-bfly1-2048x1219.gif 2048w, https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunspot-bfly1-1568x934.gif 1568w, https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunspot-bfly1-1200x714.gif 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section offwhite\"><div class=\"container\">The 2D chart shows the number of sunspots each month. Using the same data it is possible to illustrate the solar cycle as a 3D plot, by dividing up the time series by the number of months in a solar cycle. Sunspots are counted each month. Months are shown on the the x-axis and cycle number on the y-axis. Each cycle lasts approximately 132 months, which is eleven years.<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- CJT Shortcode Block (108) - sunspots - START -->\n<span id='csmi-9417f5c754405e20ae8a4c16868e6bbe' class='csmi csmi-bid-108 csmi-sunspots'><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/index.css\">\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/charts\/index.css\">\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/wp-insertion.css\">\n\n<div class=\"mt-3 interactivechartcontainer\">\n    <div id=\"sunspots\" class=\"interactivechart\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/loadbutton.svg\" class=\"interactivechartbutton\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/3.2.1\/jquery.min.js\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/bootstrap@5.1.3\/dist\/js\/bootstrap.bundle.min.js\" integrity=\"sha384-ka7Sk0Gln4gmtz2MlQnikT1wXgYsOg+OMhuP+IlRH9sENBO0LRn5q+8nbTov4+1p\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.plot.ly\/plotly-latest.min.js\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/weatherlibrary.js?v=101\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/charts\/formHTML.js?v=101\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/charts\/adjustablecycleparams.js?v=101\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/climatebinge.com\/charts\/adjustablecycle.js?v=101\"><\/script>\n<script>\n    loadChartWordPress(sunspotsParams);\n<\/script><\/span>\n<!-- CJT Shortcode Block (108) - sunspots - END -->\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section offwhite\"><div class=\"container\">Adjust the number of months in each solar cycle by changing the value for cycle length, and see how the solar maximums line up differently in the chart.<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What could possibly be as exciting as weather history? Space weather history! Space weather is partly caused by activity on the surface of the sun, such as sun spots. The solar cycle is quite reliable, occurring typically once every 11 years. The following NASA chart illustrates the number of sunspots that occur each month. 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