Correlation between Solar Semi-Diameter and Geomagnetic Time Series英文文献资料.docVIP

International Journal of Geosciences, 2012, 3, 321-328 /10.4236/ijg.2012.32034 Published Online May 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ijg) Correlation between Solar Semi-Diameter and Geomagnetic Time Series Eugênio Reis Neto , Vitor Hugo Alves Dias , Andrés Reinaldo Rodriguez Papa , 1,2 1 1,3* 1,4 1 1,3 Alexandre Humberto Andrei , Jucira Lousada Penna , Irineu Figueiredo , 1 1,3 Sérgio Calderari Boscardin , Victor de Amorin d’ávila 1 Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Observatório do Valongo/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2 3 4 Email: papa@on.br * Received December 19, 2011; revised February 16, 2012; accepted March 17, 2012 ABSTRACT We study the correlation between geomagnetic and solar semi-diameter measurements made at two of our ground sta- tions (Vassouras and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). The study comprises the period from March 1998 to November 2003, for which daily means were compared. Both series describe correlated, but different, phenomena and, consequently, before a correlation study, an individual analysis of each data set was necessary. One of the motivations of the present work was to further explore the correlation with lags found between the solar semi-diameter and some solar activity estima- tors, which supports the probabilistic forecasting of the solar activity and hence, of the solar driven geomagnetic varia- tions. Keywords: Solar Diameter; Geomagnetic Series; Correlation; Time Series 1. Introduction proton-proton fusion chain, it undergoes a le