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Author: Patrick Xu GitHub: /patxu/sunspots/ //DESCRIPTION This is an project created for ASTR1. It focuses on sunspots and the solar sunspot cycle. The program has several features which are detailed below. //HOW TO RUN Ensure that the entire GitHub project is checked out, including all data directories. Type "make" and follow the help instructions. //FEATURES SEARCH Uses search.c. Takes in a date between 05/01/1874 and 12/31/2013 and returns all of the sunspots observed on that date. MONTHLY AVERAGE Uses average.c. Uses data from http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/greenwch/spot_num.txt. Parses the data to find the average sunspots over all months and compares this value to the average number of sunspots during a month selected by the user. LEARN Uses quiz.c. Takes questions from config/quiz.txt and quizes the user on true/false questions. //DIRECTORY BREAKDOWN /data/ Uses data from http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/greenwch.shtml. Each file is named g[year].txt and contains all of the sunspots for that year. /data1/ Uses data from http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SunspotCycle.shtml. The single file numspots.txt contains the average Solar Sunspot Number (SSN) for each year between January 1749 and April 2014.
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