[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Interestin graphical chart of the cycles at the WUWT website.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Bush's fault!

[Carry_Okie]

Such long- term investigation has uncovered a number of cyclical changes, including a signal associated with 27-day solar rotation.

I wonder what influence the terrestrial field exerts on the incidence of particle bombardment resulting in cloud formation. Obviously it doesn't matter diddly with the high energy critters (cosmic rays). However, given that small distinctions from such a singular and powerful source could make significant perturbations on earth, one wonders.

[SuziQ]

Solar Minimum PING!

[PapaBear3625]

The sun has been behaving oddly the last few cycles. You will notice that the current cycle(Cycle 24) is behaving oddly. The prior cycle (23) displayed a bit of a peak-dip-peak around 2001, with a much less noticeable one in cycle 22 around 1989.

We also had Cycle 23 displaying a divergence between irradiance, solar flare index, and sunspot observations, which had more correlation among themselves in the prior two cycles.

Either cycle 24 is ending early (unlikely, the other indicators don't point to it), or cycle 24 is exhibiting a much more pronounced peak-dip-peak behavior (the way March is shaping up, it looks more like the latter). Either way, it's a bit disturbing. Progressive changes in that important glowing ball in the sky do not give me a warm, fuzzy feeling.