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Juckett 2001
Juckett, D.A. (2001). Period and phase comparisons of near-decadal oscillations in solar, geomagnetic, and cosmic ray time series. Journal of Geophysical Research 106: doi: 10.1029/2000JA000367. issn: 0148-0227.

A more complete understanding of the periodic dynamics of the Sun requires continued exploration of non-11-year oscillations in addition to the benchmark 11-year sunspot cycle. In this regard, several solar, geomagnetic, and cosmic ray time series were examined to identify common spectral components and their relative phase relationships. Several non-11-year oscillations were identified within the near-decadal range with periods of ~8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 22, and 29 years. To test whether these frequency components were simply low-level noise or were related to a common source, the phases were extracted for each component in each series. The phases were nearly identical across the solar and geomagnetic series, while the corresponding components in four cosmic ray surrogate series exhibited inverted phases, similar to the known phase relationship with the 11-year sunspot cycle. Cluster analysis revealed that this pattern was unlikely to occur by chance. It was concluded that many non-11-year oscillations truly exist in the solar dynamical environment and that these contribute to the complex variations observed in geomagnetic and cosmic ray time series. Using the different energy sensitivities of the four cosmic ray surrogate series, a preliminary indication of the relative intensities of the various solar-induced oscillations was observed. It provides evidence that many of the non-11-year oscillations result from weak interplanetary magnetic field/solar wind oscillations that originate from corresponding variations in the open-field regions of the Sun. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Interplanetary Physics, Energetic particles, heliospheric, Interplanetary Physics, Solar cycle variations, Solar Physics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy, Magnetic fields
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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