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Rurudyne's Daily Global Cooling Watch
Brits at their Best ^
| January 31, 2008
| unattributed
Posted on 02/13/2008 7:53:28 AM PST by Rurudyne
Sun's low magnetic activity may portend an ice age
The Canadian Space Agencys radio telescope has been reporting Flux Density Values so low they will mean a mini ice age if they continue.
Like the number of sunspots, the Flux Density Values reflect the Suns magnetic activity, which affects the rate at which the Sun radiates energy and warmth. CSA project director Ken Tapping calls the radio telescope that supplies NASA and the rest of the world with daily values of the Suns magnetic activity a stethoscope on the Sun. In this case, however, it is the doctor whose health is directly affected by the readings.
This is because when the magnetic activity is low, the Sun is dimmer, and puts out less radiant warmth. If the Sun goes into dim mode, as it has in the past, the Earth gets much colder.
Tapping, who was originally from Kent, says that Typically as you go through the ten or eleven year solar activity cycle you see the numbers go up or down. The lowest number is 64 or 68. The numbers 71 or 72 are very low, but they usually start to go up. We are at the end of a cycle, but the numbers still havent gone up. We have been joking around coffee that we may be seeing the Sun about to shut down. (To date Tapping has been far more concerned about global warming.)
Here is the link to the latest flux report: http://www.drao-ofr.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/icarus/www/current_flux.shtml
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KEYWORDS: catastrophism; climatechange; globalcooling; globalwarming; kyoto; regulation; solar
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To: Rurudyne
The Sun's Working Vacation: Day 90 of the Gore-Hansen Minimum
Dated from January 4th, 2008, with confirmation of sunspot #10,981.
Thursday Update
Flux Density Values in sfu for 17:00 on 2008:04:03
Julian Day Number : 2454560.197
Carrington Rotation Number : 2068.546
Observed Flux Density : 0075.8
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0075.8
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0068.3
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posted on
04/03/2008 10:46:20 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Alamo-Girl; AnAmericanMother; arthurus; ASA Vet; BIGLOOK; BraveMan; Carry_Okie; chpmass; cob201; ...
The Sun's Working Vacation: Day 91 of the Gore-Hansen Minimum
Dated from January 4th, 2008, with confirmation of sunspot #10,981.
Friday Update Ping
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Flux Density Values in sfu for 17:00 on 2008:04:04
Julian Day Number : 2454561.197
Carrington Rotation Number : 2068.582
Observed Flux Density : 0073.6
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0073.7
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0066.3
![](http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8174/to412008kh1.jpg)
![](http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4415/216to372008gr9.jpg)
Red is Observed Flux Density. Blue is Adjusted for 1 A.U.
The sun appears to have farted.
Reference Post #120
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posted on
04/04/2008 10:54:05 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rurudyne
Looks like the sun has pretty much finished digesting that burrito.
183
posted on
04/04/2008 11:00:52 AM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(Swiftboating, you say? Check out ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
To: Rurudyne
hoo-boy,
for awhile there, your graph was looking oddly like a “hockey stick”!
;^)
184
posted on
04/04/2008 12:41:50 PM PDT
by
FBD
(My carbon footprint is bigger then yours)
To: Rurudyne
I wasn’t worried. The sun has been berry berry good to me all of my life. ;^)
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posted on
04/04/2008 6:51:00 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Beijing 2008 - Berlin 1936. Olympics staged for murdering tyrant regimes.)
To: Rurudyne
You'll like this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1995728/posts
186
posted on
04/04/2008 9:34:28 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Dem Power is the back room deal. Dem Voters are phony baloney window dressing.)
To: Rurudyne
To: Rurudyne
The Sun's Working Vacation: Day 92 of the Gore-Hansen Minimum
Dated from January 4th, 2008, with confirmation of sunspot #10,981.
Saturday Update
Flux Density Values in sfu for 23:00 on 2008:04:05
Julian Day Number : 2454562.447
Carrington Rotation Number : 2068.628
Observed Flux Density : 0070.9
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0071.0
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0063.9
Reference Post #120
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posted on
04/05/2008 5:25:49 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rocky
recent sun spots are from Cycle 23 Apparently a few, maybe three new spots have the magnetism of the previous solar cycle and the new solar cycle has produced nearly no spots so far.
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posted on
04/05/2008 5:29:04 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
To: Rurudyne
The Sun's Working Vacation: Day 93 of the Gore-Hansen Minimum
Dated from January 4th, 2008, with confirmation of sunspot #10,981.
Sunday Update
Flux Density Values in sfu for 23:00 on 2008:04:06
Julian Day Number : 2454563.447
Carrington Rotation Number : 2068.665
Observed Flux Density : 0070.2
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0070.3
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0063.3
Reference Post #120
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posted on
04/06/2008 5:48:07 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rurudyne
We have been joking around coffee that we may be seeing the Sun about to shut down.What a comedian. Great sense of humor!
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posted on
04/06/2008 5:51:46 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(I've got a home in Glory Land that outshines the sun)
To: Jim Noble
“Dimmer than usual” describes both the Sun and the left when it comes to Glowball Warmth.
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posted on
04/07/2008 7:13:16 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: dayglored
Wow, are those magazines in their belts, or are they just glad to see us?
To: Rurudyne
The Sun's Working Vacation: Day 94 of the Gore-Hansen Minimum
Dated from January 4th, 2008, with confirmation of sunspot #10,981.
Monday Update
Flux Density Values in sfu for 23:00 on 2008:04:07
Julian Day Number : 2454564.447
Carrington Rotation Number : 2068.701
Observed Flux Density : 0069.3
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0069.4
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0062.5
I got dibs on Sir Robin's minstrels in the Snows of Mercia.
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posted on
04/07/2008 5:18:00 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rurudyne
When is the last time we have experienced activity like this?
Anyone?
To: Rurudyne
The Sun's Working Vacation: Day 95 of the Gore-Hansen Minimum
Dated from January 4th, 2008, with confirmation of sunspot #10,981.
Tuesday Update
Flux Density Values in sfu for 17:00 on 2008:04:08
Julian Day Number : 2454565.197
Carrington Rotation Number : 2068.729
Observed Flux Density : 0069.2
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0069.4
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0062.5
There are those who call me ... Tim?
Why not? SC23 keeps saying it doesn't want to go on the cart and claims to feel happy....
Reference Post #120
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posted on
04/08/2008 11:09:04 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rurudyne
The Sun's Working Vacation: Day 96 of the Gore-Hansen Minimum
Dated from January 4th, 2008, with confirmation of sunspot #10,981.
Wednesday Update
Flux Density Values in sfu for 20:00 on 2008:04:09
Julian Day Number : 2454566.322
Carrington Rotation Number : 2068.770
Observed Flux Density : 0068.0
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0068.2
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0061.4
Back down to 68 for observed....
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posted on
04/09/2008 1:51:06 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rurudyne
The Sun's Snooze Alarm: Day 97 of the Gore-Hansen Minimum
Dated from January 4th, 2008, with confirmation of sunspot #10,981.
Tuesday Update
Flux Density Values in sfu for 17:00 on 2008:04:10
Julian Day Number : 2454567.197
Carrington Rotation Number : 2068.802
Observed Flux Density : 0067.9
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0068.2
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0061.4
I could be wrong, but I don't think I've reported a value for Observed under 68 so far.
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posted on
04/10/2008 11:01:44 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Alamo-Girl; AnAmericanMother; arthurus; ASA Vet; BIGLOOK; BraveMan; Carry_Okie; chpmass; cob201; ...
The Sun's Snooze Alarm: Day 98 of the Gore-Hansen Minimum
Dated from January 4th, 2008, with confirmation of sunspot #10,981.
Friday Ping
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Flux Density Values in sfu for 17:00 on 2008:04:11
Julian Day Number : 2454568.197
Carrington Rotation Number : 2068.839
Observed Flux Density : 0067.5
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0067.8
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0061.0
![](http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6683/to4112008oi2.jpg)
![](http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8668/to3142008iq1.jpg)
Red is Observed Flux Density. Blue is Adjusted for 1 A.U.
Two graphs are worth a thousand words ... sad to say it.
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posted on
04/11/2008 11:13:41 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rurudyne; newgeezer
Why would we measure the sun’s total emr output based on flux density rather than an integrated measurement of the actual emr?
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posted on
04/11/2008 11:20:53 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK, AND I USE IT TOO!)
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