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The use of historical data sets to investigate solar and solar-terrestrial variability was demonstrated dramatically by J.A. Eddy when he described the Maunder Minimum. The historical record can also be examined for evidence of less dramatic changes such as those associated with the 88 year cycle in auroral activity. Power spectral analyses of historical auroral data from 450 AD to 1450 AD show a strong line at 88.4 ± 0.7 years verifying the existence of the Gleissberg cycle in auroras during that 1,000 years. The relation of these results to observations recorded since 1700 will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on developing a description of the changes in solar and solar terrestrial phenomena during the 1900 and 1815 minima in sunspot cycle amplitude and auroral and geomagnetic disturbance levels.
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Feynman, J. (1988). Solar, Geomagnetic and Auroral Variations Observed in Historical Data. In: Stephenson, F.R., Wolfendale, A.W. (eds) Secular Solar and Geomagnetic Variations in the Last 10,000 Years. NATO ASI Series, vol 236. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3011-7_9
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