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i think this is one of the best sites for following what is actually happening to our Sun. No one is discussing it openly, since no one knows quite what to think

What do you mean by "SOLAR INVERSION?" ?

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Martin

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I think he refers to the inversion of the solar magnetic field.
Tullio

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You know what might be interesting in this putative time of "Global Warming"?
Are we measuring the energy impinging on the Earth due to solar fluctuations. If so where is the data and has it shown a recent increase in energy arrivals from the SUN.

It looks like we are going towards a kind of Maunder minimum (1645-1715) in the number of sunspots, which was related to a cold period:
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Tullio

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Every 11 years we have a peak of sunspots that are associated with overactivity of the sun. Now we have a period behind us of extreme inactivity. The last period had it's acme in the year 2000. Now we are in the 24th cycle, which is slowly starting to come, slower than the past cycli, this is called 'the Maunder-minimum. There is actually a large affinity between solar activity and the earth's climate...Something to think about, I guess... :)

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There seems to be both an 11 year cycle and a 33 year cycle. Is that accepted and if so does the longer period have a name?

I don t find anything about a 33 year cycle, never heared of it either. Where did you find that information, I m really curious?

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There is a 22 year solar cycle. The magnetic polarity alternates from one 11 year cycle to the next, returning to the original polarity after 22 years. I haven't heard of a 33 year cycle either. Michael

I looked at the relative numbers graph at http://solarwww.mtk.nao.ac.jp/database.html and noticed three peaks seeming to form a cycle.