Prospectus for the solar maximum year

Abstract

The study of solar activity requires evolutionary and synoptic observations which would be benefitted by world-wide coordination. An international cooperative effort for coordinated study of solar activity during the period April 1, 1979-November 1, 1980 has been proposed by people in the solar physics community, and a working group of Commission 10 of the IAU has been established to develop the program, which has been named the Solar Maximum Year or SMY. To provide quick response and close coordination, the SMY program will be organized on the working-scientist and observatory level, but with the cooperation of national organizations.

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