Definition of Sunspot Number

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Sunspot Number

The term 'Sunspot Number' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' In solar-terrestrial terms, a daily index of sunspot activity (R), defined as R = k (10 g + s) where S = number of individual spots, g = number of sunspot groups, and k is an observatory factor'.

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