Re: seismology and solar flare prediction

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 04:37:56 GMT, in sci.geo.earthquakes, Timberwoof
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> "Michael Mcneil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> "rick++" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> > The monster sunspots will reappear the end of November. There are no
>> > satellites regularly observing the far side of the Sun. So seismic
>> > vibrations on the earth-facing side of the Sun are tomographically
>> > inverted to image the velocity anomalies far side of the Sun which
>> > represent cooler sunspot regions.
>> <More judicial editing> 
>> > Seismic vibrations are measured at tens of thousands of locations on the
>> > Sun's surface via Doppler shifts by the Soho satellite.
>> 
>> At the moment our understanding of the sun is only that which we see.
>> There is as yet no other known sensory equiptment that can be used on
>> the sun. And if there was the radio signal from it or them would not be
>> decipherable due to solar radiation.
>> 
>> What is presumed to be happening on the sun is entirely that:
>> presumption.
>
>I suppose you're right. But what about the evidence for fusion and the 
>Bethe process? 
>
>> As  far as I can make out the sun-spots seem to be linked to each other
>> in a similar manner to the phenomena on earth known as the weather
>> system (or systems) of High and Low pressure areas.
>
>That's pretty remarkable. I didn't know that highs and lows camr in 
>pairs ... and I didn't know that sunspots, though they do come in pairs, 
>are high and low pressure areas. 

actually sunspots don't come in "pairs." there is a high and low in sunspot
numbers. This can be graphed and the graph looks somewhat like a sine wave
of sorts with an approximate primary 11 year cycle. A secondary 111 year
cycle may also exist. There is also a possible 3 cycle too, depending on
where you look.

Now what surprises most people is: There is a secondary high spike that
happens after the high point. It seldom is as high as the highest point but
the slope is often much fastest. It is what the current sunspot cycle is
doing right now. 

>> It will probably turn out that these spots, flares and promenances are
>> indeed caused by or related to seismiciity. To state catagorically that
>> they are, is to presume too heavily on the veracity of a very dubious
>> theory; to whit: Doppler theory or effect.
>
>That'ys pretty interesting. I've never heard of these objections. Could 
>you explain the Doppler theory and why you doubt it so much?

You are trolling the troll aren't you?


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Aktohdi