Research Article

Why the Sunspot Cycle Is Double Peaked

Figure 7

(a) The distance traversed by the circulation between geomagnetic activity maximum and the following sunspot maximum in the case of very low diffusivity; (b) The calculated speed of the deep equatorward meridional circulation 𝑉 d e e p (blue line) and amplitude of the following sunspot cycle (red line).
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