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Advances in Astronomy
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 167375, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/167375
Probable Values of Current Solar Cycle Peak
1Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
2Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Las Heras 2214-Piso 3-C1127AAR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Received 18 November 2011; Revised 27 December 2011; Accepted 3 January 2012
Academic Editor: J. P. Rozelot
Copyright © 2012 V. M. Silbergleit. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
An analysis of multiple linear regression method applied to solar cycles 4 to 23 using lagged values of smoothed monthly mean sunspot numbers as independent variables is presented. According to that, the amplitude of current solar cycle 24 is estimated providing a quantitative prediction result. Our adjustment shows that the current cycle would have a sunspot peak less than the biggest one observed during the cycle 19 giving an additional support to the declination in solar activity which is currently happening.