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8.2.57.62 tblish.dataset.sunspot_month ¶

Static Method: out = sunspot_month () ¶

Monthly Sunspot Data, from 1749 to “Present”

Description ¶

Monthly numbers of sunspots, as from the World Data Center, aka SIDC. This is the version of the data that may occasionally be updated when new counts become available.

Format ¶

month

Month of the observation.

sunspots

Number of sunspots.

Source ¶

WDC-SILSO, Solar Influences Data Analysis Center (SIDC), Royal Observatory of Belgium, Av. Circulaire, 3, B-1180 BRUSSELS. Currently at http://www.sidc.be/silso/datafiles.

Examples ¶

t = tblish.dataset.sunspot_month;