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As the Sun Awakens, NASA Keeps a Wary Eye on Space Weather
NASA Science News ^
| June 4, 2010
| Dr. Tony Phillips
Posted on 06/07/2010 8:33:42 PM PDT by shibumi
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Parasol Anyone?
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:33:42 PM PDT
by
shibumi
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:34:31 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Pablo (the Wily One) signed up for the "Hippo Attack" ping list!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:35:12 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
To: shibumi
"The sun is waking up from a deep slumber, and in the next few years we expect to see much higher levels of solar activity." NASA has been predicting "much higher levels" of solar activity for more than three years now, but Cycle 24 isn't cooperating. No mention of that in the article, of course.
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06/07/2010 8:36:54 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
To: Interesting Times
“but Cycle 24 isn’t cooperating”.
It sounds as if it’s best it’s “not cooperating”.
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:39:20 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: shibumi
Hmmm. Awakening from a deep slumber, where is the evidence for that? It appears to me this sunspot cycle is going to be one of the weakest we’ve seen this century. Sounds to me like they are just making the case for increased research funding.
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:41:32 PM PDT
by
SC Swamp Fox
(Aim small, miss small.)
To: shibumi
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:44:39 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(0bummer calls opponents "Teabaggers". So we can call Kagan "Carpet Muncher." Right?)
To: shibumi
Boy, am I glad I live in Seattle. We haven’t seen the sun in years!
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:45:01 PM PDT
by
irishtenor
(Tag lines, they are not what they used to be...)
To: unkus
It sounds as if its best its not cooperating. Not really. The impact of solar flares is trivial compared to an extended solar minimum.
Soon, all that remains of NASA will be alarmist weather propaganda and "Muslim outreach."
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:50:46 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
To: Interesting Times
Soon, all that remains of NASA will be alarmist weather propaganda and “Muslim outreach.”
It’s absolutely sickening.
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:53:35 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: CatDancer
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:54:19 PM PDT
by
green pastures
(Cynicism-- it's not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: shibumi
NASA is convinced that the new sunspot cycle will be robust...even though there is no evidence yet of robustness.
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:56:40 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: green pastures
“TEOTWAWKI”? - I dunno, I feel fine.
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:57:18 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Pablo (the Wily One) signed up for the "Hippo Attack" ping list!)
To: SC Swamp Fox
6 meters is still dead. I just checked.
Nope, no cycle 24 peak so far.
I only have probably 2 more sunspot cycles left in me. This one is disappointing.
/johnny
To: Interesting Times; shibumi; TaraP
It seems to me that the predicted sunspot activity for this coming cycle is very low, so I don't see it being a big problem.
It's the cold weather that is coming as a result of this that is going to be a bigger problem ... :-)
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:58:07 PM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: shibumi
TEOTWAWKI? - I dunno, I feel fine.
Sadly, that's one of the symptoms. It's all very insidious...
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posted on
06/07/2010 9:06:34 PM PDT
by
green pastures
(Cynicism-- it's not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: JRandomFreeper
“6 meters is still dead. I just checked.”
Oh for the good old days of the late 50s, when I could be in contact with every corner of the globe, as if they were next door, and that was on 10 and 15 meters.
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posted on
06/07/2010 9:08:06 PM PDT
by
AlexW
(Now in the Philippines . Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
To: Southack
even though there is no evidence yet of robustness.I'm not looking for robustness, after all, everybody and everything is scaling back. How about a few sunspots.
Not talking E-layer ducting, just an opening on 20 meters without a kilowatt and beam.
/johnny
To: AlexW
I still have a 50 mW 6 meter CW transceiver in an Altoids tin.
I actually worked stations mobile with it during field day in the best part of the last peak.
That's why hams live so long.... we're just waiting until the next peak.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
“That’s why hams live so long.... we’re just waiting until the next peak.”
Having been an avid DXer (top of the honor roll), I lived for sunspots.
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posted on
06/07/2010 9:19:34 PM PDT
by
AlexW
(Now in the Philippines . Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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