Title: Flare Index of Ascending Branch of Cycle 23
Author: Atila Ozguc
Affil: Kandilli Observatory
Email: ozguc@boun.edu.tr
Authors: Tamer Atac
Affils: Kandilli Observatory
Abstract: A brief description and the results of the determination of the flare index as a measure of solar activity on the ascending branch of cycle 23 are presented. The pattern of similar activity indices that arise under different physical conditions during the rising activity phase are compared with the flare index. The periodicities and the north-south asymmetry in the daily flare index data was studied.