Rurudyne's Daily Global Cooling Watch

Brits at their Best ^ | January 31, 2008 | unattributed

[Rurudyne]

Sun's low magnetic activity may portend an ice age

The Canadian Space Agency’s 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 Sun’s 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 Sun’s 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 haven’t 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

[Rocky]

It’s getting cold in here. Can someone please turn up the heat?

[r9etb]

As you can see, it still isn't going up.

On the good side, low-flying satellites will last longer, because there's less drag: they don't have to expend as much propellant to maintain altitude.

[Rurudyne]

I would suggest there are two good possibilities.

1) it is slightly easier to infer one from the other since there is a predictable relationship and flux density may be easier to measure

or

2) job or pay security: the more things their work can address the better it is for them

I never, ever dismiss vested interest. I'm a real cynic you see.... –.^

[Old Professer]

Do you have a problem with global taxes?

[Old Professer]

That’s all cool - but if the sun doesn’t start heating up soon, so will we.

This makes people ask questions nobody wants to answer.

[Old Professer]

You want some free cockroach puppies?

[Old Professer]

100% to start with...

[Old Professer]

It’s already two years overdue.

What do you want, a park bench?

[Rick.Donaldson]

Do you have a problem with global taxes?

Think I missed something in the translation......

[Rick.Donaldson]

You want some free cockroach puppies?

Oh HELL no. I hate roaches. lol

[Old Professer]

That’s where this parade is headed.

[Rick.Donaldson]

global taxes? I see. I follow now. Yeah, I agree, assuming that there is ever true evidence of man-made global warming. Since there isn’t they are going to have a hard time enforcing it.

[BraveMan]

April 11th & I can't play with any of my fair weather toys yet. More snow headed for Wisconsin . . .

[FBD]

outstanding solar flare montage; check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdwGb-iJOeI

[Rurudyne]

The Sun's Snooze Alarm: Day 99 of the Gore-Hansen Minimum


Dated from January 4th, 2008, with confirmation of sunspot #10,981.


Saturday Update


Flux Density Values in sfu for 17:00 on 2008:04:12

Julian Day Number : 2454569.197

Carrington Rotation Number : 2068.876

Observed Flux Density : 0067.8

Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0068.1

URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0061.3


Reperence Post #120

[I got the rope]

I love this pic

[glaseatr]

Ok, Just what am I looking at here???

If you tell me it's Uranus..it's not gonna be funny.

[Rurudyne]

It is a picture of the sun with no sunspots.

[Rurudyne]

Why would facts matter? Tyranny is much more often built on falsehood than on the truth.

[Rurudyne]

The Sun's Snooze Alarm: Day 100 of the Gore-Hansen Minimum


Dated from January 4th, 2008, with confirmation of sunspot #10,981.


Sunday Update


Flux Density Values in sfu for 17:00 on 2008:04:13

Julian Day Number : 2454570.197

Carrington Rotation Number : 2068.912

Observed Flux Density : 0068.9

Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0069.3

URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0062.4


Reference Post #120