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«galactic cosmic rays appear to play a minor role for atmospheric aerosol formation events, and so for the connected aerosol - climate effects as well.»

Henrik Svensmark has proposed that galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) could exert significant influence over global temperatures (Svensmark 1998).

«the variation of ionization by galactic cosmic rays over the decadal solar cycle does not entail a response... that would explain observed variations in global cloud cover»

This is also relevant in order to better understand — and hopefully quantify - the hypothetical climate effects of galactic cosmic rays which I'll discuss in a follow - up post.

SA, It is probably the galactic cosmic rays that preclude interstellar travel for our own species.

You can not shield against galactic cosmic rays — you'd need 13 cm of Aluminum shielding just to cut down the flux by a factor of 2.

Still waiting to see how a solar wind 100AU beyond earth travelling at 400kps has anything to do with slowing galactic cosmic rays to less than 300kps.

The review by Idso et al. (2009) found growing evidence for indirect solar modulation of galactic cosmic rays (GCR) ionization influencing clouds, that IPCC has dismissed as unsupported.

The solar wind, by modulating the galactic cosmic rays which reach the earth, determines both the formation of clouds and the carbon dioxide level in the earth's atmosphere — which has nothing to do with emissions from factories or automobiles.

As one moves higher in the atmosphere there are more ions due to galactic cosmic rays striking the atmosphere.

The procedure should include non-TSI solar effects, such as from galactic cosmic rays.

Since we can't even measure this effect directly, how can one say that cycle 23 should have contributed X amount of increased condensation nuclei from the slight / modest increase in galactic cosmic rays vs cycle 22?

It has been hypothesized that galactic cosmic rays (GCR) create atmospheric ions which facilitates aerosol nucleation and new particle formation with a further impact on the cloud formation (Kazil et al., 2012; Pierce and Adams, 2009).

During periods of heightened solar activity, fewer galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) are detected by earthbound neutron monitors.

Solar cycles of magnetic variability result in changes in the luminal spectra of the sun, the properties of the solar wind, and the flux of galactic cosmic rays incident on Earth's atmosphere.

Reconstructions of the geomagnetic field in the past represent a useful tool not only to investigate the geodynamo process, but also to estimate the effect of geomagnetic shielding for any studies on cosmogenic radionuclides and galactic cosmic rays.

There is no doubt that the CO2 is from fossil sources, as isotope ratios show that the carbon has been less exposed to galactic cosmic rays (GCRs).

Much longer records of solar behavior come from atomic isotopes that are produced in our atmosphere by the impact of galactic cosmic rays, whose rate of incidence at the Earth is affected by conditions on the Sun.

Check out the correlation of CO2 variations with anthropogenic vs with temperature, volcanoes, enso, PDO / AMO, Hale cycle, galactic cosmic rays, the 1480 year cycle etc. etc..

Other applications of past geomagnetic field reconstructions include investigations of atmospheric ionisation by galactic cosmic rays (e.g., Usoskin et al. 2008, 2010) or in - situ cosmogenic nuclide production rates to study Earth surface processes (e.g., Pigati & Lifton 2004; Lifton et al. 2008).

Increasing galactic cosmic rays being a main factor for major volcanic activity to increase and global cloud coverage to increase while less EUV light should result in a more meridional atmospheric circulation which would also result in more clouds and also greater snow coverage.

The Antarctic climate anomaly and galactic cosmic rays.

The 21st century can be expected to be with lower solar activity, less deflection of cloud - seeding galactic cosmic rays, higher average cloud cover, a more reflective planetary albedo, and a cooler planet..

Aluminum, the main material in spacecraft construction, does virtually nothing to stop galactic cosmic rays.

The magnetic field strength deflects more or less galactic cosmic rays which are really very high energy charged particles and the interaction between charge and magnetic field strength deflects them just like the magnets on the yoke of a cathode ray tube deflects an electron beam.

Climate science's foundational problem is in ignoring evidence, including climate persistence, ocean / atmospheric oscillations, solar variations, galactic cosmic rays, magnetic fields, planetary variations and nonlinear chaotic factors.

And noting «zonal mean - winds constitute an important element of global atmospheric circulation,» they go on to suggest,» if the solar cycle can influence zonal mean - winds, then it may affect other features of global climate as well, including oscillations such as the NAO and MJO, of which zonal winds are an ingredient» Thus, «the cause of this forcing» as they describe it, «likely involves some combination of solar wind, galactic cosmic rays, ionosphere - Earth currents and cloud microphysics.»

Furthermore, there are correlations between galactic cosmic rays and global temperature sufficient to say something is happening there that is currently ignored by the IPCC.

Any solar effect (either direct or indirect) which is correlated to solar activity (i.e. solar irradiance, solar magnetic field [and thus galactic cosmic rays], ultraviolet [UV] radiation, etc.) is accounted for in the linear regression.

Primary galactic cosmic rays enter the solar system from interstellar space, and are made up of protons with energies above 100 MeV, extending up to astronomically high energies.

There is an alternative hypothesis, which was put forward by Henrik Svensmark, that cloud concentration, moderated by galactic cosmic rays, could be responsible for all observed paleo evidence.

The theory linking galactic cosmic rays (GCR) with cloud nucleation has a plausible mechanism and some experimental support, but on both theoretical and empirical grounds, the effect is likely to be small.

Recent work attempts to account for the chain of physical processes in which solar magnetic fi elds modulate the heliosphere, in turn altering the penetration of the galactic cosmic rays, the flux of which produces the cosmogenic isotopes that are subsequently deposited in the terrestrial system following additional transport and chemical processes.

It doesn't leave much room for influences from the PDO, or galactic cosmic rays, or a larger - than - previously - realised solar forcing, or... you get the picture.

It's also changes in the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field, which cycles along with energy output and shields the earth from galactic cosmic rays.

Marsh (2003) shows correlation between galactic cosmic rays and El Niño — Southern Oscillation trends.

7.4.5 Impact of Cosmic Rays on Aerosols and Clouds 43 44 High solar acti0vity leads to variations in the strength and three - dimensional structure of the heliosphere, 45 which reduces the flux of galactic cosmic rays (GCR) impinging upon the Earth's atmosphere by increasing 46 the deflection of low energy GCR.

David L. Hagen (11:23:23): Magnetosphere modulating cosmic rays On what causes those, one possible cause is variation in earth's magnetosphere modulating galactic cosmic rays The Sun's heliosphere, not the Earth's magnetosphere for time scales we care about.

Cosmogenic isotopes, which are produced by galactic cosmic rays impacting on meteoroids and whose production rate is modulated by the varying HMF convected outward by the solar wind, may offer an alternative tool for the investigation of the HMF in the past centuries.

It has been proposed that Earth's climate could be affected by changes in cloudiness caused by variations in the intensity of galactic cosmic rays in the atmosphere.

During periods of low activity, the solar wind is unable to repel as many galactic cosmic rays from the Earth's atmosphere.

I have to get to bed but a quick look at # 1: Are there persistent physical atmospheric responses to galactic cosmic rays?

The second from St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia / Atmospheric pressure variations at extratropical latitudes associated with Forbush decreases of galactic cosmic rays (Advances in Space Research, 2014)- I. Artamonova, S. Veretenenko

Our main conclusion is that galactic cosmic rays appear to play a minor role for atmospheric aerosol formation events, and so for the connected aerosol - climate effects as well.

We note that, there will still be a continuing role for simpler models to investigate and improve the simulation of specific mechanisms, including the development of models that investigate possible influences of galactic cosmic rays on cloud formation (see section 4.4).

We have analysed also the factors which could influence the TOZ variability and found that the strongest impact belongs to the multi-decadal variations of galactic cosmic rays.

c) have a viable hypothesis for a mechanism (nucleation of clouds through galactic cosmic rays, or GCR), which

In contrast, the suggested modulation of low - altitude clouds by galactic cosmic rays provides an increasingly inadequate explanation of observations.

Henrik Svensmark and others have shown a long - term correlation between solar activity and global temperature and have hypothesized that this results from changes in galactic cosmic rays leading to changes in cloud cover.

«Studies of isotopes generated in the atmosphere by galactic cosmic rays show that the Sun has been exceptionally active during recent decades.