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Old 01-26-2018, 02:37 PM   #908 (permalink)
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Today on Suspicious 0bservers the stories were about
earthobservatory.nasa.gov:Another Accountant for the Energy Budget
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Accounting can be a tedious job, but it is absolutely critical for keeping track of a budget. The Earth science community has been monitoring Earth’s energy budget—tracking the transactions between the Sun and Earth—for nearly 35 years. NASA has just hired a new accountant for the job.
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Scientists have been working for decades to understand how the Earth’s energy budget changes in response to other changes in the system, such as those associated with temperature, water vapor, clouds, snow, and tiny suspended particles called aerosols. CERES measurements allow atmospheric scientists to monitor the push and pull between absorption and reflection.
And a 450-day cycle in cosmic radiation that turns out to be coming from Jupiter:
UNEXPECTED CYCLIC BEHAVIOR IN COSMIC RAY PROTONS OBSERVED BY PAMELA AT 1 AU.
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Protons detected by the PAMELA experiment in the period 2006-2014 have been analyzed in the energy range between 0.40-50 GV to explore possible periodicities besides the well known solar undecennial modulation. An unex- pected clear and regular feature has been found at rigidities below 15 GV, with a quasi-periodicity of ∼450 days. A possible Jovian origin of this periodicity has been investigated in different ways. The results seem to favor a small but not negligible contribution to cosmic rays from the Jovian magnetosphere, even if other explanations cannot be excluded.
...and yes, undecennial is a word.
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