Cycle forecasts

12-month forecasts of the monthly sunspot number
  • Standard curves method (Waldmeier)
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  • Combined method (Denkmayr - Cugnon)
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  • McNish&Lincoln method
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    Optimization of base predictions using a Kalman filter
    For more info concerning this method :
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11207-011-9899-y

    For any scientific use please refer to this paper
  • Standard method prediction (Kalman)
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  • Combined method prediction (Kalman)
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  • McNish & Lincoln method prediction (Kalman)
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    Data Credits: The Sunspot Number data can be freely downloaded. However, we request that proper credit to the WDC-SILSO is explicitely included in any publication using our data (paper article or book, on-line Web content, etc.), e.g.: "Source: WDC-SILSO, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels".


    For additonal information, contact Frédéric Clette (E_mail: Frederic.Clette@oma.be )
    Royal Observatory of Belgium Av. Circulaire, 3 - B-1180 Brussels, Belgium