Measuring the solar cycle by monitoring the rhythm of the sun's magnetic field could help predict solar flare surges that can damage communication systems on Earth.
Suggested by Partnership for Heliophysics and Space Environment Research scientist, Robert Leamon, the new framework is based on research that indicates notable and sometimes abrupt changes in theSolar cycle: What is it and why does it matter?
The sun has an approximate solar cycle of 11 years, with the reduced solar activity used to determine the start of each cycle. Leamon thinks that this method of tracking the sun's cycles is both arbitrary and imprecise. "How many different solar things can we look at? And then we realized they all overlap on this same set of fifths," Leamon said.
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