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1 Jun 09 – My friend Dan Hammer at
www.climatepatrol.com did a brief review
of the solar minimum. Here are excerpts:
“July has arrived and half of the year 2009 is now in the record books.
On the surface June seemed to have so much promise but it is clear that
we are still very deep in this extended solar minimum.
“At the end of the day on June 30th I had seen the unofficial sunspot
number listed at 6.6. The official number was significantly lower at
2.6.
“The sunspot number isn't the only solar indicator that remains very
low. The solar flux was the lowest it had been in over half a year at
68.6. I think this is a good indication that the sun remains very stable
and that this solar minimum will continue for what could be a very long
time.
“We now have 18 consecutive months with a sunspot number below 10. You
have to go back to the solar minimum of 1911 to find an equal.”
(Dan includes a link to the data so
you can see for yourself.)
See entire article:
http://www.climatepatrol.com/forum/53/4397/pg1/index.php |