What most people don't know also is that the cosmic ray flux affects the weather. Galactic cosmic rays are variable and depend in part on our solar system's orbital position in the spiral arm. Cosmic rays variably affect the weather by penetration into the lower atmosphere, nucleating water droplets, and hence forming clouds. The amount of cosmogenic cloud formation depends on the cosmic ray rate and average energy.
Solar activity varies the solar magnetic field which changes the Earth's magnetic field, and hence the Earth's magnetic protection from cosmic rays. Of course, greater solar activity also affects the rate of solar generated high energy particles which behave similarly to cosmic rays. Increased cosmic ray/solar particle flux causes more clouds and causes a net cooling on the Earth. Increased solar magnetic fields cause increased Earth's magnetic fields that shield from cosmic rays. So, increased solar magnetic fields means less clouds on Earth and higher temperatures on the Earth. As I understand it, the link between solar magnetic fields, solar particle flux, cosmic ray flux, and clouds is not part of present climate models. On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 10:16 AM, JonesBeene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > Periodically, the cross connection between abnormal solar activity and > hurricanes is mentioned in the ALT-SCI press. > > > > https://www.inverse.com/article/36183-solar-flare-hurricane-irma > > > > Of course this year is no exception as the strongest storm in a decade and > the strongest solar flares in the past 11 year cycle are aligned in time. > > > > It is a complex interaction but there seems to be something beyond > coincidence going on in this alignment. Often water temperature is said to > play a role in hurricanes, but this year the Ocean water temperature in > hurricane alley is normal > > > > Perhaps the sunspot itself is not the driving force for more intense > storms on earth but instead, the sunspot feeds a greater tonnage of dense > hydrogen into the solar wind, and that dense hydrogen becomes the driving > mechanism for the extra power of the storm. > > >
