So far I haven´t brought in the ~11 year cycle.
Does it excist? Do we "need" it?
Why was SC4 such a long lasting cycle? Why was SC23 a long cycle?
What causes the sunspot minima to "break out of" type B and into type C?
Background link: http://jpdesm.pagesperso-orange.fr/sunspots/
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So let´s say there is a 11,08 year cycle (11 years 1 month).
What is the variation of sunspot minimum versus the ideal/average time given from a 11,08 year cycle?
This could suggest there are limitations to how early or how late a sunspot minimum can be versus the 11,08 year cycle.
-SC4 had a very early minimum/start, therefore SC5 had to start at least 11,08 years later. So SC4 was prevented from being a short cycle
-SC15 was late, and it had to be a short cycle less that 11,08 years.
-SC23 started early and had to be a long cycle.
These three sunspot cycles were turingpoints.
-up to SC4 the cycles were generally short
-SC4 to SC14 were generally long
-SC15 to SC22 were generally short
-SC23 and the coming cycles will generally be long
So after a series of short cycles we get an extended cycle that causes an JuSa-OFF cycle (SC5 and SC24).
And after a series of long cycles, that end up in the favorable B-type, we get a short cycle that forces into C-type.
I will sum up all this in a table...

SC1-3 were on average 9,9 years
ReplyDeleteSC4-14 were on average 11,7 years
SC15-22 were on average 10,4 years