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Preserving a Unique Archive for Long-Term Solar Variability Studies
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2017
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Source: Space Weather, 15(11), 1442-1446
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Description:The McIntosh Archive consists of hand-drawn solar Carrington maps created by Patrick McIntosh from 1964 to 2009, using H α, He 10830 Å, and photospheric magnetic measurements to trace polarity inversion lines, filaments, sunspots, and plage and coronal holes, yielding a unique 45 year record of the evolution of the solar magnetic field. We discuss our efforts to preserve and digitize this archive. The solar dynamo that produces the solar activity cycle visible at the surface is thought to arise from inductive flows within the solar interior (Charbonneau, 2010). Surface features may thus be intimately controlled by the magnetic field at various depths and are manifested in the evolution of large-scale features like coronal holes
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Source:Space Weather, 15(11), 1442-1446
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ISSN:1542-7390
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