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Analysis of synoptic data from the Vector Stokes Magnetograph (VSM) of the Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) and the NASA/NSO Spectromagnetograph (SPM) at the NSO/Kitt Peak Vacuum Telescope facility shows that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-09 Alexander V. Mordvinov , Alexei A. Pevtsov , Luca Bertello , Gordon J. D. Petrie

The Sun's polar magnetic fields change their polarity near the maximum of sunspot activity. We analyzed the polarity reversal epochs in Solar Cycles 21 to 24. There was a triple reversal in the N-hemisphere in Solar Cycle 24 and single…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-16 Mykola I. Pishkalo

The polar field reversal is a crucial process in the cyclic evolution of the large-scale magnetic field of the Sun.Various important characteristics of a solar cycle, such as its duration and strength, and also the cycle predictability, are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-02 Elena M. Golubeva , Akash Biswas , Anna I. Khlystova , Pawan Kumar , Bidya Binay Karak

We report on the prolonged solar-maximum conditions until late 2015 at the north-polar region of the Sun indicated by the occurrence of high-latitude prominence eruptions and microwave brightness temperature close to the quiet Sun level.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 Nat Gopalswamy , Seiji Yashiro , Sachiko Akiyama

The evolution of the photospheric magnetic field during the declining phase and minimum of Cycle 23 and the recent rise of Cycle 24 are compared with the behavior during previous cycles. We used longitudinal full-disk magnetograms from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-28 Gordon Petrie

As each solar cycle progresses, remnant magnetic flux from active regions (ARs) migrates poleward to cancel the old-cycle polar field. We describe this polarity reversal process during Cycle 24 using four years (2010.33--2014.33) of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Xudong Sun , J. Todd Hoeksema , Yang Liu , Junwei Zhao

We study the asymmetric distribution of weak photospheric magnetic field values in the two hemispheres separately using synoptic maps from SDO/HMI, SOLIS/VSM and WSO during solar cycles 21-24. We calculate the weak-field asymmetry (shift)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-09 Tibebu Getachew , Ilpo Virtanen , Kalevi Mursula

We have examined polar magnetic fields for the last three solar cycles, {$\it{viz.}$}, cycles 21, 22 and 23 using NSO Kitt Peak synoptic magnetograms. In addition, we have used SoHO/MDI magnetograms to derive the polar fields during cycle…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 P. Janardhan , Kumar Bisoi Susanta , S. Gosain

Using the polar vector magnetic field data observed by Hinode from 2012 to 2021, we study the long-term variations of the magnetic flux, the flux proportion of different polarities, and the magnetic inclination with respect to the local…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-25 Shuhong Yang , Chunlan Jin , Qiao Song , Yuzong Zhang , Yin Li , Yijun Hou , Ting Li , Guiping Zhou , Yuanyong Deng , Jingxiu Wang

The solar polar fields reverse because magnetic flux from decaying sunspots moves towards the poles, with a preponderance of flux from the trailing spots. Let us assume that there is a strong asymmetry in the sense that all activity is in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Leif Svalgaard , Yohsuke Kamide

Thirty-four years of WSO (Wilcox Solar Observatory) and thirteen years of SOHO/MDI (Michelson Doppler Imager on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) magnetograms have been studied to measure the east-west inclination angle, indicating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-23 Leyan Lo , Todd Hoeksema , Phil Scherrer

The Sun's surface field, especially the polar field, sets the boundary condition for the coronal and heliospheric magnetic fields, but also provides us insight into the dynamo process. The evolution of the polar fields results from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-05 Jie Jiang , Jinbin Cao

Using both wavelet and Fourier analysis, a study has been undertaken of the changes in the quasi-periodic variations in solar photospheric fields in the build-up to one of the deepest solar minima experienced in the past 100 years. This…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Susanta Kumar Bisoi , P. Janardhan , D. Chakrabarty , S. Ananthakrishnan , Ankur Divekar

Distribution of the positive and negative photospheric fields is studied on the base of synoptic maps of the photospheric magnetic field produced by the National Solar Observatory Kitt Peak (NSO Kitt Peak) for 1976-2016. In the analysis…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 E. S. Vernova , M. I. Tyasto , D. G. Baranov , O. A. Danilova

The Sun's polar magnetic fields are directly related to solar cycle variability. The strength of the polar fields at the start (minimum) of a cycle determine the subsequent amplitude of that cycle. In addition, the polar field reversals at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-01 Lisa Upton , David H. Hathaway

We study the evolution of the observed photospheric magnetic field and the modeled global coronal magnetic field during the past 3 1/2 solar activity cycles observed since the mid-1970s. We use synoptic magnetograms and extrapolated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 G. J. D. Petrie

Based on data obtained from Wilcox Solar Observatiry the solar polar magnetic fields reversals in cycles 21\,--\,25 were considered. The results indicate that the polarity reversal occurs at the maximum of sunspot activity of each cycle,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-03 Irina A. Bilenko

The polar magnetic fields of the Sun play an important role in governing solar activity and powering fast solar wind. However, because our view of the Sun is limited in the ecliptic plane, the polar regions remain largely uncharted. Using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 Shuhong Yang , Jie Jiang , Zifan Wang , Yijun Hou , Chunlan Jin , Qiao Song , Yukun Luo , Ting Li , Jun Zhang , Yuzong Zhang , Guiping Zhou , Yuanyong Deng , Jingxiu Wang

We report on the status of solar cycle 24 based on polar prominence eruptions (PEs) and microwave brightness enhancement (MBE) information obtained by the Nobeyama radioheliograph. The north polar region of the Sun had near-zero field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-10 Nat Gopalswamy

The process of the Sun's polar field cancellation reversal commences with the emergence of new cycle Hale's polarity active regions. Once the Sun undergoes polarity reversal, typically occurring near the peak of solar activity, it begins…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-10 Bibhuti Kumar Jha , Lisa A. Upton
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