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All surges observed at the Swedish Astrophysical Station in Anacapri from July 1, 1957 until December 31, 1967 have been studied statistically. In 1958 the Southern hemisphere was most active in producing surges, but thereafter the Northern hemisphere has dominated the activity with increasing rate. The average for the whole period shows that the Northern part of the sun has been twice as active as the Southern part. The latitude distribution for surges has varied with the solar cycle with a pattern similar to the butterfly diagram for sunspots. The polar surges were most frequent in the beginning of the new cycle. The importance distribution is also dependent of the solar cycle, as a higher percentage of surges of importance 1 are found during the solar minimum. Surges of higher importance tend to have longer durations, and they are more often associated with flares. The association rate between surges and radio emission is dependent on both the solar cycle and the importance of the surge. During years with high activity, more than 20% of all surges were followed within 5 min from their start by radio emission, compared to 4% during solar minimum. 17% of surges of importance 2 are closer related to radio emission, but only 10% of surges of importance 1. On the whole, 11% of the surges occurred almost simultaneously with radio bursts. Bursts in discrete frequencies were registered in connection with 8% of the surges, while 11% were followed within 5 min from their start by bursts in spectral observations. All these surges were isolated, i.e. no flares have been reported to occur during their lifetimes. This is also the case for the 18 surges covered by X-ray observations, three of which were closer related to X-ray bursts.
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Westin, H. Some statistical properties of surges. Sol Phys 7, 393–416 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146144
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