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Scientists Issue Unprecedented Forecast of Next Sunspot Cycle
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| March 6, 2006
Posted on 03/06/2006 3:34:07 PM PST by Esther Ruth
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To: Esther Ruth
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posted on
03/06/2006 3:34:38 PM PST
by
mathprof
To: Esther Ruth
"....known as the Predictive Flux-transport Dynamo Model"
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posted on
03/06/2006 3:36:41 PM PST
by
stacytec
(Nihilism, its whats for dinner)
To: Esther Ruth
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posted on
03/06/2006 3:38:28 PM PST
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero » with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
To: Esther Ruth
If only Bush would sign the Kyoto treaty. Those sun spots would not have a chance.
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posted on
03/06/2006 3:42:05 PM PST
by
lormand
(...the wrong person came out of the water that fateful night in Chappaquiddick)
To: ßuddaßudd
Not to worry -- the sun has no effect on the weather.
/s
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posted on
03/06/2006 3:44:17 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: Esther Ruth
One of the largest flares ever recorded happened in November of 2003 (X28 on a scale that only goes from X1 to X9), and would have wrecked havoc all over the earth, if it wasn't for the dumb luck of the earth being exactly 90 degrees perpendicular to the blast when it happened. (270 degrees out of rotational phase)
6 November 2003
It has been announced that the massive solar X-ray flare which occurred on 4 November was, at best estimate, an X28. There is still a small chance this will be revised by a small amount, but it is now official: We have a new number 1 X-ray flare for the record books, the most powerful in recorded observational history.
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posted on
03/06/2006 3:50:21 PM PST
by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
To: Esther Ruth
Computer models for complex systems = GIGO.
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posted on
03/06/2006 3:54:45 PM PST
by
thegreatbeast
(Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
To: Esther Ruth
Amazing, global warming is now traveling 93 million miles through space, and affecting the Sun. Stunning, the power of global warming.
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posted on
03/06/2006 4:17:53 PM PST
by
HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath
(My Homeland Security: Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper)
To: ßuddaßudd
Those darned Mayans were republicans!!! We're all doomed!!!
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posted on
03/06/2006 4:19:23 PM PST
by
brooklin
To: xcamel
One of the largest flares ever recorded happened in November of 2003 (X28 on a scale that only goes from X1 to X9), and would have wrecked havoc all over the earth, if it wasn't for the dumb luck of the earth being exactly 90 degrees perpendicular to the blast when it happened. (270 degrees out of rotational phase) Now there's a good case for wearing a tin foil sombrero...and poncho.
Did they say anything about what sort of damage would have been expected from a direct hit?
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posted on
03/06/2006 4:36:21 PM PST
by
Max in Utah
(muhammed-- Satan's stepson)
To: Esther Ruth
and the solar cycle has no relation to global warming
add to that the fact that they've found global warming on Mars and you get my drift
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posted on
03/06/2006 4:38:51 PM PST
by
Phsstpok
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics and presentation graphics, in descending order of truth)
To: Max in Utah
I believe they discussed it for about an hour, and walked away, sweating, and just shaking their heads.
They were sure they didn't really want to know. Seriously.
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posted on
03/06/2006 4:40:52 PM PST
by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
To: Esther Ruth
HAMS won't be happy to learn of this.
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posted on
03/06/2006 4:41:05 PM PST
by
fso301
To: Esther Ruth
The cycle is projected to reach its peak about 2012, one year later than indicated by alternative forecasting methods that rely on statistics. Coast to Coast will have a field day with this one.
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posted on
03/06/2006 4:43:21 PM PST
by
mware
(A teacher of geography.)
To: brooklin
they were probably stuffed-suit rinos...
To: Phsstpok
Actually, this is great news and something scientifically testable. If there is a strong linkage between Sun spots and Earth temperatures, then this next cycle will prove it. Of course, this would also demonstrate that any observed "global warming" is primarily a result of our Sun's variability.
As an astronomer, discovering that our Sun is a variable star would not be that surprising.
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posted on
03/06/2006 4:45:09 PM PST
by
Hunble
To: fso301
>HAMS won't be happy to learn of this<
Sorry, but you're 180º out of phase. We'll love it -- maybe with F2 propagation all the way to 2 meters!
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:29:56 PM PST
by
Hawthorn
To: ßuddaßudd
Year 2012 again. It does seem to keep showing up, doesn't it?
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:32:15 PM PST
by
null and void
(I nominate Sept 11th: "National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval". - Mr. Rational, paraphrased)
To: null and void; ßuddaßudd; mware
What else is significant about 2012, don't listen to Coast to Coast?
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:41:38 PM PST
by
Esther Ruth
(I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee - Genesis 12:3)
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