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STP12 Abstracts<br />

Berlin, 12 - 16 July <strong>2010</strong><br />

SCOSTEP Symposium <strong>2010</strong><br />

Long-Term Ch<strong>an</strong>ges in Sunspot Activity, Occurrence of Gr<strong>an</strong>d Minima <strong>an</strong>d Their<br />

Future Tendencies<br />

Mordvinov Alex<strong>an</strong><strong>der</strong> 1 , Kramynin Anatoly 2<br />

1 <strong>Institut</strong>e of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2 Ussuriisk Astrophysical Observatory<br />

Long-term ch<strong>an</strong>ges in magnetic activity of the Sun were studied in terms of the empirical<br />

mode decomposition that revealed their essential modes. Occurrence of the gr<strong>an</strong>d minima was<br />

also studied in their relation to long-term ch<strong>an</strong>ges in sunspot activity throughout the past<br />

11000 years. Characteristic timescales of long-term ch<strong>an</strong>ges in solar activity m<strong>an</strong>ifest<br />

themselves in the occurrence of gr<strong>an</strong>d minima. A qu<strong>an</strong>titative criterion has been defined to<br />

identify epochs of gr<strong>an</strong>d minima. This criterion reveals the import<strong>an</strong>t role of secular <strong>an</strong>d<br />

bicentennial activity variations in the occurrence of gr<strong>an</strong>d minima <strong>an</strong>d compares their<br />

amplitudes with the current activity level that is variable on a millennial timescale. We have<br />

revealed specific patterns in the magnetic activity between successive gr<strong>an</strong>d minima which<br />

tend to recur approximately every 2300 years but occasionally alternate with irregular<br />

ch<strong>an</strong>ges. Such intermittent activity behaviour indicates a low dimensional chaos in the solar<br />

dynamo due to the interplay of its domin<strong>an</strong>t modes. The <strong>an</strong>alysis showed that in or<strong>der</strong> to<br />

forecast activity level in forthcoming cycles, one should take into account long-term ch<strong>an</strong>ges<br />

in sunspot activity on a ~2300-yr timescale. The regularities revealed suggest solar activity<br />

decrease in the foreseeable future.

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