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A Forecast of Solar Activity

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I WISH to direct attention to the fact that a relatively long period of intensive solar activity seems to be imminent. If this should be the case, the coming years will probably be very suitable for studying possible relations between sunspots and such terrestrial phenomena as are supposed to be allied to solar activity.

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GLEISSBERG, W. A Forecast of Solar Activity. Nature 156, 539 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156539b0

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