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Hard to see a daily view there, but the multi-decadal view is worth a look.
This is an interesting post at Spaceweather.com.
The daily Thermosphere Climate Index (TCI) is now on Spaceweather.com. TCI is a relatively new space weather metric that tells us how the top of Earth’s atmosphere (or “thermosphere”) is responding to solar activity. During Solar Maximum, the top of our atmosphere heats up and expands. Right now the opposite is happening. Solar Minimum conditions are in effect, and this is causing the upper atmosphere to cool off
TCI was invented by Martin Mlynczak of the Langley Research Center along with other NASA and university colleagues. For the past 17 years they have been using the SABER instrument onboard NASA’s TIMED satellite to monitor the wattage of infrared emissions from the top of the atmosphere. Recently, they realized that those measurements could be used to summarize the state of the thermosphere in a single daily index, the TCI, expressed in watts (W). Moreover…
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Cramps in the upper atmosphere, which result from changes in solar activity, they are the source of the waves in the stratosphere and mesosphere. These waves are particularly visible over the polar circle in winter, with the decrease of the UV radiation.
Let’s see 2009 (period of extremely low solar activity).
Record Collapse of Earth’s Upper Atmosphere Puzzles Scientists
By SPACE.com Staff | July 15, 2010
“This is the biggest contraction of the thermosphere in at least 43 years,” said John Emmert of the Naval Research Lab
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The collapse occurred during a period of relative solar inactivity called a solar minimum from 2008 to 2009. These minimums are known to cool and contract the thermosphere, however, the recent collapse was two to three times greater than low solar activity could explain.
“Something is going on that we do not understand,” Emmert said.
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“Even when we take CO2 into account using our best understanding of how it operates as a coolant, we cannot fully explain the thermosphere’s collapse.”
https://www.space.com/8770-record-collapse-earth-upper-atmosphere-puzzles-scientists.html
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Will there be something similar during the current solar minimum?
When solar activity is high, solar EUV warms the thermosphere, causing it to puff up like a marshmallow held over a camp fire. When solar activity is low, the opposite occurs. – Space.com
Solar EUV radiation changes by a factor of ten over the course of a typical solar cycle. – SWPC/NOAA
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/solar-euv-irradiance
the reconstructed EUV flux reproduces the F10.7 flux with great accuracy – Leif Svalgaard
Click to access Reconstruction-Solar-EUV-Flux.pdf
This is a really silly article,
eknowseveryone knows that only the mighty CO2 molecule has any affect on our Atmosphere, it can’t possibly have anything to do with changes in the Sun’s radiation./Sarc Off
“eknows ” was “everyone knows” before a glitch.
The different sources that contribute to the magnetic field measured by Swarm. The coupling currents or field-aligned currents flow along magnetic field lines between the magnetosphere and ionosphere.
https://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2012/10/Magnetic_field_sources
SOLAR MINIMUM TRIGGERS SIGNIFICANT RISE IN COSMIC RAYS
Date: 26/10/18 Spaceweather.com
As 2018 comes to an end, Solar Minimum appears to be just getting started. Cosmic rays could continue to increase for years to come, so stay tuned.
So you thought Solar Minimum was boring? Think again. High-altitude balloon flights conducted by Spaceweather.com and Earth to Sky Calculus show that atmospheric radiation is intensifying from coast to coast over the USA–an ironic result of low solar activity.
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Normally, the sun’s magnetic field and solar wind hold cosmic rays at bay – but during Solar Minimum these defenses weaken. Deep-space radiation surges into the solar system.
http://www.thegwpf.com/solar-minimum-triggers-significant-rise-in-cosmic-rays/
Temperatures will return to normal after first snow of winter
Officials described Saturday as one of the ‘coldest October days in a decade’.
Press Association
Last updated: 28 October 2018
http://home.bt.com/news/latest-news/temperatures-will-return-to-normal-after-first-snow-of-winter-11364306270979
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Took a few minutes to de-ice car windows near Manchester this morning.
Snow in Morocco…
Monday, October 29, 2018
Winter Arrives – Snow in the Atlas
Temperatures have plunged along with a lot of rain – but if you are travelling into the hills, be aware that some roads are blocked by snow
http://riadzany.blogspot.com/2018/10/winter-arrives-snow-in-atlas.html