Plot that Shows CME 'Complexity' Follows Solar Activity (image)

Royal Astronomical Society

Caption

Plot that shows CME 'complexity' follows solar activity. Top panel: relative 'complexity' of every CME in the ranking plotted against time. Red points represent STEREO-A images, while blue points represent STEREO-B images. Annual means are over plotted for STEREO-A (red dashed line) and STEREO-B (blue dashed line) CMEs.

Credit

Credit: University of Reading. Bottom panel: Daily total sunspot number, data from SILSO. Credit: World Data Center SILSO, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels.

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