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On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:40:46 -0700, bildan wrote:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0801095810.htm So, let me see. If I understand this right, they're saying that the two year long extended solar minimum is responsible for the last two poor, cloudy soaring seasons in the UK? Gee, and here I was thinking that they were due to that nasty old jet stream not moving north for summer. However, I note that I haven't seen any explanation of why the jet streams have stayed so far south these last two seasons. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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On Oct 6, 5:03*pm, Martin Gregorie
wrote: On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:40:46 -0700, bildan wrote: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0801095810.htm So, let me see. If I understand this right, they're saying that the two year long extended solar minimum is responsible for the last two poor, cloudy soaring seasons in the UK? Gee, and here I was thinking that they were due to that nasty old jet stream not moving north for summer. However, I note that I haven't seen any explanation of why the jet streams have stayed so far south these last two seasons. -- martin@ * | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org * * * | http://www.tgdaily.com/index2.php?op...pdf=1&id=42006 Yes, without the normal highs to push the jet north it has stayed lower for the last two years. You need heat to generate the high to push it north. I like sun spots! The soaring was fantastic in Utah in the early 2000's when we had the solar maximum. Looking forward to more sun spots soon. |
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On Oct 6, 5:50*pm, Tim Taylor wrote:
On Oct 6, 5:03*pm, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:40:46 -0700, bildan wrote: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0801095810.htm So, let me see. If I understand this right, they're saying that the two year long extended solar minimum is responsible for the last two poor, cloudy soaring seasons in the UK? Gee, and here I was thinking that they were due to that nasty old jet stream not moving north for summer. However, I note that I haven't seen any explanation of why the jet streams have stayed so far south these last two seasons. -- martin@ * | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org * * * | http://www.tgdaily.com/index2.php?op...pdf=1&id=42006 Yes, without the normal highs to push the jet north it has stayed lower for the last two years. *You need heat to generate the high to push it north. *I like sun spots! *The soaring was fantastic in Utah in the early 2000's when we had the solar maximum. *Looking forward to more sun spots soon. Nothing better than the drought years here in Colorado. Last two years have been a bust, especially this year. The Maunder Minimum lasted from 1645-1715, middle of the Little Ice Age. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum On the other hand, 120.8GW of wind energy were being produced globally at the end of 2008, an increase of 28.8% in 2008 alone. That alone will yield 280TWh annually. 20% of US electric will be wind generated by 2030. Gets me thinking about Edward Lorenz. In a few years, we should have some empirical data that shows what the down stream effects of extracting massive amounts of energy from the wind and perhaps solar. Small with regard to the total energy in the system, but I'm thinking of butterflies, tipping points, and change. Be interesting to see what next few decades bring, especially if the solar minimum goes on and on. Frank Whiteley |
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The thing that caught my imagination was that with the Sun's magnetic
field contracted, the Earth is getting hit with much more cosmic rays from exploding stars and black holes in deep space. If you've ever watched a cloud chamber with a mildly radioactive element in it, you've seen the 'contrails' charged subatomic particles leave. It's a classic way of demonstrating natural radioactivity and atomic fission. Cosmic rays are individual protons or heavy nuclei that can hit the upper atmosphere with the energy of a pistol bullet. A collision with an atmospheric molecule creates a shower of subatomic particles that can reach the surface and can be detected photometrically. Apparently, these particle showers also cause clouds as in the cloud chamber - or at least condensation nuclei which later cause clouds. Or perhaps in some cases, punch holes in them. http://media.mgbg.com/wkrg/photos/weather/hole06.JPG |
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On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:50:41 -0700, Tim Taylor wrote:
http://www.tgdaily.com/index2.php?op...pdf=1&id=42006 Thanks for this reference. Its a little repetitive, but is a lot clearer than the Science Daily story. Yes, without the normal highs to push the jet north it has stayed lower for the last two years. You need heat to generate the high to push it north. I like sun spots! The soaring was fantastic in Utah in the early 2000's when we had the solar maximum. Looking forward to more sun spots soon. Yes, that makes sense. I learned to fly in 2000 - that and the following three years were really great soaring seasons. So far its been downhill ever since on the weather front. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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bildan wrote:
The thing that caught my imagination was that with the Sun's magnetic field contracted, the Earth is getting hit with much more cosmic rays from exploding stars and black holes in deep space. If you've ever watched a cloud chamber with a mildly radioactive element in it, you've seen the 'contrails' charged subatomic particles leave. It's a classic way of demonstrating natural radioactivity and atomic fission. Cosmic rays are individual protons or heavy nuclei that can hit the upper atmosphere with the energy of a pistol bullet. A collision with an atmospheric molecule creates a shower of subatomic particles that can reach the surface and can be detected photometrically. Apparently, these particle showers also cause clouds as in the cloud chamber - or at least condensation nuclei which later cause clouds. Or perhaps in some cases, punch holes in them. http://media.mgbg.com/wkrg/photos/weather/hole06.JPG Don't pay too much attention to Soon or Svensmark - most of the climate scientists don't, because their ideas about cosmic rays have very little evidence to support them: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php...ot-convincing/ -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA * Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly |
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