The next little ice age Vol. 50
Status of the Arctic platform.
September 27-2017
Good morning, afternoon, night depending on where the reader is.
We start with the sunspots as always.
At this time we have three groups of 2681 and 2683 sunspots with Beta-type magnetic field and the group of 2682 sunspots with Alpha magnetic field. None of the three groups of sunspots has enough magnetic complexity to be a threat.
Michelson Doppler Camera (MDI) soho/nasa.
In addition to having the names of groups of sunspots we have in the lower right both the size of the Earth and the size of Jupiter. So we can get an idea of the enormous size of the groups of sunspots.
Image Source soho nasa.
Current image of the Sun in 284 Å taken with the Extreme UV Imaging Telescope (EIT)
Image Source SIDC and SOHO / NASA
The sunspots, or rather the absence of them indicates in which part of the solar cycle of 11 years in which we are.
Image Source windows2universe.com
According to some theories, the Earth's climate is greatly affected by this cycle. More heat during the solar maximum, colder during the solar minimum.
There is much more to tell but this is roughly what I have been trying to explain with the presentation of some scientific studies on this subject.
For more information, read my previous articles.
As far as coronal holes we have that enormous coronal hole with emperor penguin shape in reverse that leaves the solar north pole and arrives more to the south of the solar equator.
Image Source sdo nasa.
The magnetosphere is bearing very well the current conditions of space weather. It is expected that in a few hours the solar wind will have more speed.
Image Source ccmc nasa
Summary.
The current conditions of space weather are calm as shown by both the Noaa and NASA. Although it is expected that the increase of solar wind speed as well as the increase in the density of protons in the following hours.
Image Source noaa
The solar wind is at 509km / sec and the proton density is 10 protons per cubic centimeter.
Image Source ccmc nasa
Arctic ice
Image Source meereisportal.de
We have already passed 5 million square kilometers. As we can see in the chart above this summer in the northern hemisphere has not melted as much ice as in previous years. We can be optimistic since we have been almost sixty days in the historical average 1981-2010.
In the graph we can see how last year was only the last days of September and the first days of October within that historical average.
We have more than one million square kilometers plus ice accumulated than in 2012.
Enjoy your day. Enjoy your life.
Images SDO official NASA link.
https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dashboard/
Graphic Images NASA Modeling Center. Ccmc.
https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ccmc-swrt-display/SWMF-RCM/index.php
