Annual Average Sunspot Area

Description

The dataset name has been changed to 'sunspotarea_ts' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem from which data have been sourced. The suffix 'ts' indicates that this dataset is a time series object. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the 'timeseriesdatasets' package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The original content of the dataset has not been modified in any way.

Usage

data(sunspotarea_ts)

Format

A 'ts' object with 141 observations:

time

Annual time series from 1875 to 2015.

value

Average sunspot area observed per year (in millionths of the solar disk).

Details

This dataset contains annual data on the average sunspot area observed from 1875 to 2015. Sunspot area measurements indicate the size of sunspots on the Sun's surface.

Source

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.