[Vision2020] Deep Solar Minimum 2008-09: Lowest Since 1913: March 2010 Global Temperature Set New High

[Ted Moffett]

It requires going back to 1913 to find a lower solar minimum during the past
century than the minimum of 2008-09.  As global average temperatures in
March 2010 (very low sunspot activity continues in 2010, though new solar
cycle 24 is under way:  http://solarb.msfc.nasa.gov/ ,
http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml ) set a new March monthly
record for intensity, the climate science speculators/skeptics of
anthropogenic warming, who have been pushing the solar forcing theory for
contemporary increases in global temperatures, might consider recanting
their position (no misleading and/or "cooked" data graphs regarding
contemporary temperature and solar activity presented here):
 NOAA: Global Temps Push Last Month to Hottest March on Record
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100415_marchstats.html
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http://www.appinsys.com/NASASolar.htm

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A theory regarding the cause of the unusually deep solar minimum of 2008-09
is presented below, from "Science" journal March 12, 2010:
 NASA - Solar 'Current of Fire' Speeds Up

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/12mar_conveyorbelt/

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http://sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/327/5971/1350

  *Science* 12 March 2010:
Vol. 327. no. 5971, pp. 1350 - 1352
DOI: 10.1126/science.1181990

 Variations in the Sun’s Meridional Flow over a Solar Cycle*David H.
Hathaway1,* and Lisa Rightmire2 *

The Sun’s meridional flow is an axisymmetric flow that is generally directed
from its equator toward its poles at the surface. The structure and strength
of the meridional flow determine both the strength of the Sun’s polar
magnetic field and the intensity of sunspot cycles. We determine the
meridional flow speed of magnetic features on the Sun using data from the
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The average flow is poleward at all
latitudes up to 75°, which suggests that it extends to the poles. It was
faster at sunspot cycle minimum than at maximum and substantially faster on
the approach to the current minimum than it was at the last solar minimum.
This result may help to explain why this solar activity minimum is so
peculiar.

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