The Sun in April 2018
By Frank Bosse and Fritz Vahrenholt
(Translated, edited and summarized by P Gosselin)
The sun was inactive in April, as we currently find ourselves in the minimum between solar cycle (SC) 24 and the coming solar cycle 25.
The recorded mean sunspot number (SSN) for April was 8.9, which is only 28% of what is usual 113 months into a solar cycle.
In April, 16 days were spotless. The following chart shows sunspot activity:
Next what follows is a chart of the sunspot activity, as measured by satellite. As spot activity rises, so does total solar irradiance (TSI):
The chart above illustrates the relationship between sunspot activity and TSI. The sharp peaks of greater than 3 W/m² show the effects of large sunspots that darken the sun’s surface.
The question that arises: “Why does TSI increase when there are dark spots?“ This can be answered when the spectral share of the ultraviolet range is accounted for. When dark spots appear, there is a greater source of UV light (faculae), which overcompensates for the visible light.
Figure 2 above also shows us that we reached a minimum in 2018.
The following chart, Figure 3, is a comparison of the solar activity of all the previous solar cycles recorded thus far since 1755:
Arctic sea ice volume greater than 2014
Meanwhile, the Earth’s surface has cooled since the last powerful El Nino ended, and thus could be having some effect on Arctic sea ice.
Japanese climate skeptic and blogger Kirye tweeted yesterday that Arctic sea ice volume has in fact exceeded the level seen in 2014 and is now just somewhat below average, and so fully within the range of natural variability:
The current #Arctic sea ice volume has exceeded that of 2014, and is now at a five-year high.
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DMI:https://t.co/l84iFSHY3z
~#地球温暖化？ #温暖化？ #気候変動 #GlobalWarming？ pic.twitter.com/CDdvqp40ly— キリエ (@KiryeNet) May 24, 2018
Arctic sea ice volume has been falling only slowly this spring and is now higher than 2014 levels.
Also, a satellite image of the northern hemisphere ice cap presented by Pure Climate Skeptic at Twitter shows widespread snow and ice:
The most recent satellite image of the Arctic from the Canadian Ice Service showing an abundance of ice. #climatechange #environmenthttps://t.co/b7mJh1x7fI pic.twitter.com/XHAgGTESe1
— Pure Climate Skeptic (@Carbongate) May 25, 2018
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But the highly accurate climate models surely take into account the sun cycles, right? Since the source of most of the climate heat on earths is from the sun. They don’t!?
Go figure.
And yet it is all due to ppm level CO2. Right?
Oh yeah, just trust us, settled science and all.
Another dumb ass prediction pushed by Al Gore melts away .