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Brilliant Illuminations

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Marleen Bryan

The document discusses the sun and the solar cycle. It covers topics like sunspots, solar activity, magnetic fields, flares, coronal mass ejections, and how the sun's 11-year cycle impacts Earth through space weather. Images and diagrams are provided to illustrate concepts like the solar dynamo, butterfly diagram, and predictions of solar cycle 24. The most recent section discusses observations from 2008, including an unexpected return of the previous solar cycle and a coronal mass ejection event.

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Brilliant Illuminations Lets Talk About the SUN
The basics Why Study the Sun? The climate connection Space Weather The sun as a STAR The sun as a Physical Laboratory
The Solar Dynamo Magnetic Fields http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/magbfly.jpg The Omega Effect http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/omega.gif The Alpha Effect http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/alpha.gif
The Meridional Flow http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/theflows.gif
A Word About Geomagnetic Activity Geomagnetic Storms http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/Magnetosphere_simple.jpg Substorms Aurora
Sunspots Sunspot numbers http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/zurich.gif The Maunder Minimum http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/ssn_yearly.jpg
The Butterfly Diagram http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/bfly.gif Sunspot Cycle Predictions http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/ssn_predict_l.gif
The Solar Cycle History Impacts of the Solar cycle Solar irradiance http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Solar-cycle-data.png Short-wavelength radiation http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Yohkoh_solar_cycle.jpg
Geoeffective eruptive phenomena Coronal Mass ejections http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/CoronalMassEjection.jpg Solar Flares http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Solarflare_hinode.png Cosmic Ray Flux
Most recent Solar Cycle News New Solar Cycle 24 http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/solarcycle24/newspot.jpg Whoops! Old Cycle Return??? http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/mag450_strip.gif CME of March 25 th 2008 http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/cme_c3_med.gif
Radio Burst- Type II http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/s20080325_1855ut_TypeII_Ashcraft.mp3 Radio Burst Charting http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=David-Thomas-080325182456_1206534597.jpg Solar cycle Prediction http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/ssn_predict_l.gif
NASA Audio Old & New Solar Cycle http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/audio/story.mp3

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Brilliant Illuminations

  • 1. Brilliant Illuminations Lets Talk About the SUN
  • 2. The basics Why Study the Sun? The climate connection Space Weather The sun as a STAR The sun as a Physical Laboratory
  • 3. The Solar Dynamo Magnetic Fields http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/magbfly.jpg The Omega Effect http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/omega.gif The Alpha Effect http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/alpha.gif
  • 4. The Meridional Flow http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/theflows.gif
  • 5. A Word About Geomagnetic Activity Geomagnetic Storms http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/Magnetosphere_simple.jpg Substorms Aurora
  • 6. Sunspots Sunspot numbers http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/zurich.gif The Maunder Minimum http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/ssn_yearly.jpg
  • 7. The Butterfly Diagram http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/bfly.gif Sunspot Cycle Predictions http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/ssn_predict_l.gif
  • 8. The Solar Cycle History Impacts of the Solar cycle Solar irradiance http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Solar-cycle-data.png Short-wavelength radiation http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Yohkoh_solar_cycle.jpg
  • 9. Geoeffective eruptive phenomena Coronal Mass ejections http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/CoronalMassEjection.jpg Solar Flares http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Solarflare_hinode.png Cosmic Ray Flux
  • 10. Most recent Solar Cycle News New Solar Cycle 24 http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/solarcycle24/newspot.jpg Whoops! Old Cycle Return??? http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/mag450_strip.gif CME of March 25 th 2008 http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/cme_c3_med.gif
  • 11. Radio Burst- Type II http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/s20080325_1855ut_TypeII_Ashcraft.mp3 Radio Burst Charting http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=David-Thomas-080325182456_1206534597.jpg Solar cycle Prediction http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/ssn_predict_l.gif
  • 12. NASA Audio Old & New Solar Cycle http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/audio/story.mp3