Researchers are puzzling over a sharper-than-expected collapseof Earth's upper atmosphere
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From: Sam Wormley on 15 Jul 2010 19:13 On 7/15/10 6:00 PM, Ken S. Tucker wrote: > On Jul 15, 1:01 pm, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> NASA Science News for July 15, 2010 >> >> Researchers are puzzling over a sharper-than-expected collapse of >> Earth's upper atmosphere during the deep solar minimum of 2008-09. >> >> FULL STORY at >> >> http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/15jul_therm... > > This may be a bit screwy, but wife and I have each observed the usual > towering cumulus clouds in our area (Oky BC) are short for this time > of > year. > Cheers Sam > Ken Perhaps you are "remembering" towering cumulus clouds of yesteryear at little taller than they really were? :-)
From: Sam Wormley on 21 Jul 2010 08:12
On 7/21/10 12:41 AM, oriel36 wrote: > On Jul 15, 9:01 pm, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> NASA Science News for July 15, 2010 >> >> Researchers are puzzling over a sharper-than-expected collapse of >> Earth's upper atmosphere during the deep solar minimum of 2008-09. >> >> FULL STORY at >> >> http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/15jul_thermosphere/ > > I don't think you get the joke - the sky is falling/thermosphere > collapsing !!!! > > The thing about this Sam is that in explaining the seasons correctly > by treating the polar daylight/darkness as a cycle and using the > orbital motion of the Earth and its behavior as it moves along its > orbital circumference,the polar coordinates act like a beacon for an > entirely new way to look at climate and planetary dynamics. > > You tell me how people who call themselves scientists can't manage to > figure out something which takes only a broom handle and a central > object (to act as the Sun) as an analogy or the imitation of the > Earth's motion around the Sun ?. > Perhaps you didn't read the article, Gerald. The collapse happened during the deep solar minimum of 2008-2009�a fact which comes as little surprise to researchers. The thermosphere always cools and contracts when solar activity is low. In this case, however, the magnitude of the collapse was two to three times greater than low solar activity could explain. |