Solar Activity during the Rising Phase of Solar Cycle 24

Aradhna Sharma, S. R. Verma

Post Graduate Department of Physics, DBS (PG) College, Dehradun, India.

DOI: 10.4236/ijaa.2013.33025                

Abstract

Solar activity refers to any natural phenomenon occurring on the sun such as sunspots, solar flare and coronal mass ejection etc. Such phenomena have their roots deep inside the sun, where the dynamo mechanism operates and fluid motions occur in a turbulent way. It is mainly driven by the variability of the sun’s magnetic field. The present paper studies the relation between various solar features during January 2009 to December 2011. A good correlation between various parameters indicates similar origin.

Keywords

Solar Activity; Sunspot Number; Solar Radio Emission Flux; Coronal Mass Ejections; Solar X-Ray Background

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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