N2NH
08-07-2013, 06:33 PM
Happens every solar cycle, but nobody knows the effects of the flip.
You won't be able to see it, but it might affect the Earth's climate -- the sun's magnetic field is going through a big change.
According to NASA, measurements taken from its supported observatories suggest that the sun's magnetic field is about to flip. But don't panic. This event happens approximately every 11 years.
"It looks like we're no more than 3 to 4 months away from a complete field reversal," solar physicist Todd Hoeksema, director of Stanford University's Wilcox Solar Observatory, said in a statement. "This change will have ripple effects throughout the solar system."
...As the sun's magnetic field begins to flip, the current sheet becomes wavy. Earth will dip in and out of the current sheet, as it orbits the sun. Researchers say the sun's magnetic field flipping could affect anything from the Earth's cloudiness or climate in and around the planet.
Wonder if this will affect prop on HF, especially 10 Meters?
Sun's magnetic field about to flip, causing "ripple effect" (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57597396/suns-magnetic-field-about-to-flip-causing-ripple-effect/)
You won't be able to see it, but it might affect the Earth's climate -- the sun's magnetic field is going through a big change.
According to NASA, measurements taken from its supported observatories suggest that the sun's magnetic field is about to flip. But don't panic. This event happens approximately every 11 years.
"It looks like we're no more than 3 to 4 months away from a complete field reversal," solar physicist Todd Hoeksema, director of Stanford University's Wilcox Solar Observatory, said in a statement. "This change will have ripple effects throughout the solar system."
...As the sun's magnetic field begins to flip, the current sheet becomes wavy. Earth will dip in and out of the current sheet, as it orbits the sun. Researchers say the sun's magnetic field flipping could affect anything from the Earth's cloudiness or climate in and around the planet.
Wonder if this will affect prop on HF, especially 10 Meters?
Sun's magnetic field about to flip, causing "ripple effect" (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57597396/suns-magnetic-field-about-to-flip-causing-ripple-effect/)