Episode 15 — The Solar Cycle
No, it’s not a sporty new solar-powered form of transportation — it’s a basic part of how the Sun behaves!
There’s been a recent surge of news about solar activity and the solar cycle — and of course, variations in solar activity always seem to get brought into discussions of climate change. Listen in this week, and I’ll give you some quick background on solar physics, the solar cycle, and how it all impacts us in the end.
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Darek wrote,
Hi Sam, thanks for another interesting episode and extensive show notes.
Link | December 27th, 2007 at 22:48 EST
Darek wrote,
Inspired by the podcast I found some video coverage about Solar Cycle on YouTube @:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vZSIHqr_dc
Link | December 27th, 2007 at 23:06 EST
Sam Wise wrote,
Darek,
Thanks — glad you liked it! Good video on YouTube as well, thanks for the link. If you’d like to see other good solar video, of course YouTube has more to watch::
3 CMEs in 3 days — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kG90m9QkTA&NR=1
Surface wave triggered by a flare — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMUD_W2OfM4
Multimission (SOHO, TRACE, RHESSI) view of April 2002 flare — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=283S-zgj9cQ
Happy viewing!
Link | December 28th, 2007 at 00:21 EST