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Yearly Sunspot Data

Source Notebook

Yearly (1700-2008) data on sunspots from the National Geophysical Data Center

Details

The data is imported from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and formatted as a Dataset.
Additional data elements include:
"TimeSeries"TimeSeries of sunspot data

(2 columns, 309 rows)

Examples

Basic Examples (1) 

Get the data as a Dataset:

In[1]:=
ResourceData[\!\(\* TagBox[ RowBox[{"ResourceObject", "[", "\"\<Yearly Sunspot Data\>\"", "]"}], #& , BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Yearly Sunspot Data-Input", AutoDelete->True]\)]
Out[1]=

Scope & Additional Elements (2) 

Get the TimeSeries object representing the data:

In[2]:=
timeSeries = ResourceData[\!\(\* TagBox[ RowBox[{"ResourceObject", "[", "\"\<Yearly Sunspot Data\>\"", "]"}], #& , BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Yearly Sunspot Data-Input", AutoDelete->True]\), "TimeSeries"]
Out[2]=

Notice that the number of sunspots has an 11-year cycle:

In[3]:=
ListLinePlot[timeSeries]
Out[3]=

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Data Resource History

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Source Metadata

  • Publisher: National and Atmospheric Administration
  • Language: English
  • Citation: Source, reference or citation information

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