Research Article

Periodic Variation of Solar Flare Index for the Last Solar Cycle (Cycle 24)

Table 1

Detected periods, their existence, and significance level in each data set used in this study.

Period (day)Northern HemisphereSouthern Hemisphere (%)Whole disk (%)Phase of the cycle

2048plusmn; 512+ >99+ >99+ >99% Max
1024plusmn; 128+ >99+ >99% Max
682plusmn; 57+ >95−first half
410plusmn; 20+ >99+ >95% Max
293plusmn; 11+ >99+ >99% Max
204plusmn; 5+ >95−Max
149plusmn; 2.7+ >95% Max and descending
76.6plusmn; 0.72+ >95−Max
52.2–62.5plusmn; 0.44+ >99+ >99+ >99% Max and descending
26.9–36.9plusmn; 0.2+ >95+ >95+ >95% Max and descending