From rwc at ips.gov.au Fri Apr 1 19:54:09 2016 From: rwc at ips.gov.au (Regional Warning Centre) Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2016 19:54:09 +1100 Subject: [Ips-ssn-predictions] BOM SWS Observed and Predicted Solar Indices [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Message-ID: <20160401085409.C455E60096@sws-sputnik.bom.gov.au> OBSERVED AND PREDICTED SOLAR INDICES Prepared by Bureau of Meteorology Space Weather Services Issued on 01 April 2016 -------------------------- SMOOTHED SUNSPOT NUMBER -------------------------- Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 177.6 179.7 178.2 174.4 171.3 166.9 161.5 155.4 149.5 143.9 136.0 131.4 2003 129.6 125.7 118.7 111.9 107.0 101.7 96.0 92.9 91.8 89.1 86.9 84.1 2004 80.1 76.4 73.2 71.0 69.5 67.1 64.8 63.0 60.2 57.9 56.6 55.7 2005 54.5 53.2 52.3 49.3 45.0 44.5 44.6 41.9 39.4 38.9 38.4 36.0 2006 33.0 29.7 27.4 27.0 27.4 26.2 25.0 25.9 26.0 23.7 21.1 20.2 2007 19.8 19.0 17.7 16.4 14.4 12.8 11.6 9.9 9.6 9.9 9.2 7.9 2008 6.6 5.6 5.1 5.1 5.3 4.8 4.0 3.8 3.2 2.4 2.3 2.2 2009 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.3 3.5 4.1 5.5 7.4 9.5 10.9 11.7 12.7 2010 14.0 16.1 18.5 20.8 23.1 24.6 25.2 26.4 29.5 34.5 39.1 42.5 2011 45.7 48.8 53.8 61.1 69.3 77.2 83.6 86.3 86.6 87.4 89.4 92.5 2012 95.5 98.2 98.3 95.1 90.9 86.6 84.5 85.1 85.3 85.8 87.7 88.1 2013 86.8 86.1 84.4 84.3 87.0 90.9 94.6 99.0 104.7 107.0 106.9 107.6 2014 109.3 110.5 114.3 116.4 115.0 114.1 112.6 108.3 101.9 97.3 94.7 92.2 2015 89.3 86.1 82.2 78.9 76.1 72.1 68.3 66.4 66.0 66.7e 67.5e 68.7e 2016 70.7e 72.7e 74.1e 75.5e 77.7e 80.1e 82.7e 85.3e 87.9e 87.9 88.6 89.3 2017 88.9 87.6 86.0 84.6 83.5 82.3 80.6 79.1 77.9 75.7 72.8 70.1 2018 68.1 66.6 65.4 63.9 61.7 59.5 57.9 56.5 55.4 54.4 52.8 51.0 2019 49.6 47.9 46.2 44.9 44.1 43.0 41.6 40.1 38.5 37.0 35.6 34.1 2020 32.6 31.4 30.5 29.4 28.3 27.2 26.2 25.7 25.3 24.8 24.3 23.7 2021 22.6 21.4 20.3 19.5 18.9 17.9 16.8 15.8 15.2 14.8 14.7 14.6 ============================================================================= -------------------- EQUIVALENT 10.7 CM SOLAR RADIO FLUX -------------------- Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 225.2 227.0 225.7 222.4 219.6 215.6 210.6 204.8 199.1 193.6 185.6 181.0 2003 179.2 175.2 168.0 161.1 156.0 150.6 144.8 141.7 140.6 137.9 135.7 133.0 2004 129.0 125.4 122.4 120.3 118.9 116.6 114.5 112.8 110.3 108.2 107.1 106.3 2005 105.2 104.1 103.3 100.7 97.1 96.7 96.8 94.6 92.6 92.2 91.8 90.0 2006 87.7 85.2 83.6 83.3 83.6 82.7 81.9 82.5 82.6 81.0 79.2 78.6 2007 78.4 77.8 77.0 76.2 74.9 74.0 73.3 72.3 72.1 72.3 71.9 71.1 2008 70.4 69.9 69.6 69.6 69.7 69.4 69.0 68.9 68.6 68.2 68.1 68.1 2009 68.2 68.3 68.5 68.7 68.8 69.1 69.8 70.9 72.0 72.8 73.3 73.9 2010 74.7 76.0 77.5 79.0 80.6 81.6 82.0 82.9 85.1 88.8 92.4 95.1 2011 97.7 100.3 104.6 111.1 118.7 126.2 132.5 135.1 135.4 136.2 138.2 141.3 2012 144.3 147.1 147.2 143.9 139.7 135.4 133.4 133.9 134.1 134.6 136.5 136.9 2013 135.6 134.9 133.3 133.2 135.8 139.7 143.4 147.9 153.7 156.0 155.9 156.7 2014 158.4 159.6 163.5 165.7 164.2 163.3 161.8 157.4 150.8 146.2 143.5 141.0 2015 138.1 134.9 131.1 127.9 125.2 121.3 117.7 116.0 115.6 116.3e117.0e118.1e 2016 120.0e121.9e123.2e124.6e126.7e129.0e131.6e134.1e136.7e136.7 137.4 138.1 2017 137.7 136.4 134.8 133.4 132.4 131.2 129.5 128.1 126.9 124.8 122.0 119.4 2018 117.6 116.2 115.0 113.7 111.7 109.7 108.2 107.0 106.0 105.1 103.7 102.2 2019 101.0 99.6 98.1 97.1 96.4 95.5 94.4 93.2 91.9 90.7 89.6 88.5 2020 87.4 86.5 85.8 85.0 84.2 83.4 82.7 82.4 82.1 81.7 81.4 81.0 2021 80.2 79.4 78.7 78.2 77.8 77.1 76.4 75.8 75.4 75.2 75.1 75.1 ============================================================================= These tables are based on the observed (definitive and provisional) monthly mean sunspot numbers from WDC-SILSO, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels (sidc.oma.be/silso/home). The observed values are smoothed using a 13 month running filter (the first and last values have half weighting). Estimated values have an "e" suffix and are calculated from observed monthly and predicted smoothed sunspot numbers. Observed smoothed values precede the estimated values while predicted smoothed values follow the estimated values. The 10.7 cm solar radio flux values, including the "observed" values, are obtained from sunspot numbers using a statistical conversion. They are therefore described as "equivalent" solar radio flux values. SPECIAL NOTE In June 2015, WDC-SILSO, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, adjusted their original observed sunspot numbers (Version 1.0) to a Version 2.0 series in which the sunspot numbers are higher. In the Version 1.0 data series, some of the sunspot numbers were weighted. The new (Version 2.0) sunspot numbers are unweighted sunspot number counts (for more information see: www.sidc.be/silso/home). The Bureau of Meteorology SWS solar cycle prediction is now based on the Version 2.0 values. As a result of the WDC-SILSO recalibration, the observed monthly sunspot numbers are higher. This is also reflected in the tables of smoothed sunspot numbers and equivalent 10.7 cm solar flux and the solar cycle graph. =============================================================================