Index

aa-index Precursor method

Active longitudes Synoptic maps Active longitudes Summer 2006

Adaptive Optics

Aerosols Eye on the Climate SO2 from Kasatochi Global brightening/dimming

Alfven waves

AMO 03 May 08 15 Aug 07 30 Jul 07 18 Feb 06

Antarctic Ozone hole 2009 2008 13 Oct 05 Peninsula 27 Mar 08 Sea ice 27 Mar 08 15 Aug 05

Arcade 21 Jul 06

Arctic Catlin-expedition Arctic sea ice in 2008 WWF-vision in 2008 Unusual wind-patterns in 2007 15 Aug 07 Greenland Ice cores Greenland glaciers Greenland melting faster? Arctic warming update (Jan 2005) Greenland ice sheet is getting thicker Greenland's cold water chimneys

Aurora Substorm Magnetic ropes (Spaceweather.com) Northern lights on the move New views of spaceweather cold fronts X-ray aurorae Earth's aurorae don't mirror Aurorae on Saturn From NOAA 0720 in Belgium C-16 iceberg rams Drygalski ice tongue

Bethe, Hans

Belgium Eye on the Climate (Climate Change in Belgium) High April-temperature (14 April 2007) Cold 2006 start Dark February 2006 02 Feb 06 05 Jan 06 29 Oct 05 11 Aug 05 15 Jan 05

Brush-fire

Chromosphere 21 May 05

Classification Value CV-project

Climate concensus? No! 24 Jun 05 28 Jan 05

Climate conferences Copenhagen Comments on COP15 November 2009 08 Oct 09 Ozone hole in 2009 EU-summit (Oct 08) Comments on SPM-4

Climate evolution in Europe (08 Aug 05)

Climate models Eye on the Climate My original "emulator"

Climate reconstruction April 2007 June 2005

Climate videos The Greenhouse Conspiracy The Great Global Warming Swindle Climate Catastrophe cancelled Lord Monckton: Apocalypse: No!

Climate websites Alarmists Greenpeace IPCC Realclimate WWF Sceptics CO2-Science Climate Audit Junkscience Watts Up With That? World Climate Report Data CRU GISS NOAA/ESRL Unisys

Clouds Eye on the Climate

CO2 CO2 a pollutant? CO2 and hurricanes CO2 manmade emission CO2-hype in Belgium (06 Sep 04) Comments on CO2-evolution (13 Oct 04)

Comet Encke

Contourmaps Synoptic maps

Coral 16 Jul 05

Corona 07 Oct 07

Coronal Holes 24 Apr 05

Coronal loops 15 Jul 05

Coronal Mass Ejection CME Influence on comet Filament eruption without flare Who's afraid of a solar flare? Prediction of CME (Gibson) Halo-CME NOAA 0759 Micro CME 14 May 05 Travel time NOAA 0759 NOAA 0720

Cosmic Rays Who's afraid of a solar flare? Ulysses'data indicate weakening of solar shield Eye on the Climate Svensmark-effect 21 May 05

Davis, Raymond Jr.

Differential rotation NOAA 0918 & 0933

Dikpati, Mausumi

Disparition brusque 14 Dec 08 21 Jul 06 25 Jun 05 Difference with "thermal" disappearance

Dust Dust from Sahara

Earth's energy (im)balance 05 May 05

Ecoprint 01 Dec 07

Eddy, John A.

Elfstedentocht 21 Mar 06

El Niño 03 May 08 24 Feb 06 29 Jul 05

Exoplanets

Exosphere Origin of plasmaspheric hiss Prediction of radiation storm The source of the Killer Electrons

Filaments Influence from flares (H-alpha) Filament eruption without flare 25 Jun 05 NOAA 0759 24 Apr 05 Longliving filament 15 Apr 05 17 Mar 05 05 Mar 05 28 Feb 05

Flares Timelapse between solar flares 02 Nov 09 26 Mar 08 06 Apr 06 21 Mar 06 Topics Flare-activity in high-latitude sunspotgroups Flares in NOAA 0898 M-flare rate in NOAA 0960 Magnetic conditions for solar flare Longliving sunspotgroups in SC23 Predicting times for clear spaceweather (electric currents) The distribution in X-ray class of solar flares Domino-effect of small scale magnetic disturbances

Flares (Cont'd) Types Classification of X-ray flares (Spaceweather.com) Different types of solar flares (2006) Different types of solar flares (2002) Double ribbon flare NOAA 0759 Homologous flares High-Energetic Flares (HEF) 07 Dec 06 16 Jun 06 28 Apr 06 05 Dec 05 17 Sep 05 09 Sep 05 14 May 05 09 Apr 05 22 Jan 05 23 Mar 07 Microflare 03 Apr 08 (Hinode) Proton flare NOAA 0930 NOAA 0720 NOAA 0792 NOAA 0759 1859-flare Radioflare (radioburst) 07 Dec 06 28 Apr 06 09 Sep 05

Forbush decrease NOAA 0808

Freak waves 16 Jul 05

Galileo

Gamma rays 28 May 05 17 Apr 05

Gibson

Glacier 11 Jun 05 28 May 05

Global dimming/brightening 21 May 05

Global Cooling 14 Sep 08 03 May 08

Global conveyor belt See Thermohaline circulation

Global Warming Global Warming FAQ (Murray) 2005 hottest year?

Gnevyshev-Ohl rule G-O rule and SC23 The case of the missing solar cycle

Gore, Al 13 Oct 07 14 Oct 06

Granulation 23 Mar 07 27 Nov 06

Great Barrier Reef See Coral

Greenland See Arctic

H-alpha Observations and instruments () PST (evaluation report)

Halloween-groups Influence on R, TSI and Radioflux Prediction of a radiation storm Influence on precursor method Helioseismology

Hathaway (precursor method)

Heatwave Heatwaves in Belgium (RMI-report)

Helioseismology Rachel & Howe Scherrer

Heliosphere 12 Oct 08 23 Dec 07 22 Sep 06 25 May 06 28 May 05 01 Apr 05

Hemispheric asymmetry Evolution of hemispheric sunspot area Inactive northern hemisphere during cycle transit Ulysses finds temperature difference at poles Active longitudes Summer 2006 Longliving sunspotgroups during SC23 Polar coronal holes

Hockey stick 21 Jul 05 13 May 05 18 Feb 05 29 Jan 05

Hurricane Individual Nargis 20 Sep 06 10 Jan 06 Katrina Adrian Initial conditions 09 Jun 06 Number and intensity 30 Dec 08 01 Dec 07 30 Jul 07 25 May 06 23 Oct 05 23 Sep 05 16 Sep 05 04 Sep 05 21 May 05 04 May 05

Iceberg B17B B15 C-16 B15A 31 Dec 05 21 May 05 22 Apr 05 09 Apr 05 19 Jan 05

IPCC The 10 Commandments Short-term climate change prediction Nobel-prize Comments on SPM-4

Jetstream Rachel & Howe

KMI See RMI

Kyoto 11 Aug 05 16 Feb 05

La Niña 03 May 08 06 Feb 06

Larsen Ice Shelf 27 Mar 08

Light bridge NOAA 0775 NOAA 0756

Links to solar and spaceweather sites

Lunt, David

Magnetic dipole 23 Jul 06

Magnetic reconnection 23 Mar 07 Earth 08 Dec 06 26 Sep 05 09 Apr 05 (Solar flare) 21 Jan 06 (Solar Wind)

Magnetosphere Electron Diffusion Region Origin of plasmaspheric hiss Oscillations in the Earth's magnetic tail Prediction of radiation storm Solar storm from NOAA 0720 Northern Lights on the move

Maunder Minimum 22 Oct 09 (slides 21-22) Sunspotnumber

McIntyre See Climate Audit

Medieval period 13 Feb 06 21 May 05

Methane 13 Jan 06 12 Sep 05 16 Jul 05

Monsoon 29 Jul 05

Moreton wave 03 Apr 08

Naked-eye visibility NOAA 0775-0776 NOAA 0756 NOAA 0743 Naked-eye diagram

NAO 15 Aug 07 23 Mar 07 24 Feb 06 26 Aug 05

Natural disasters 01 Dec 07

Nenana Ice Classic 2009 2008 2006 2005-2006 2004-2005

Neutrino Detection of low-energetic solar neutrinos Davis, Raymond Jr.

Noctilucent clouds 24 Jun 05

North West passage 02 May 08

Nuclear fusion 02 Jul 05

Oceans 03 May 08 27 Mar 08 24 Apr 07 16 Jul 05 05 May 05

Oxfam 01 Dec 07

Ozone Ozone loss tied to solar storms and arctic winds Ozone hole in 2009 Ozone destruction from the 1859-flare Ozone hole in 2006 Solar cycle delays ozone recovery Ozone hole in 2005 Evolution of the Antarctic Ozone hole

PDO 03 May 08 13 May 05

Percolation theory

Permafrost 31 Dec 05

Polar bear 02 May 08

Polar faculae 04 Apr 07 24 Apr 05 Observed versus Seeing-corrected

Polar stratospheric clouds 14 Sep 08

Pore Difference with sunspot (SIDC, sl. 32-34) Spot or pore? 10 Sep 08 21-22 Aug 08 12 Dec 07

Precursor method (geomagnetic)

Precursor method (polar field)

Prediction panel SC24 (NOAA/NASA) 10 May 08 28 Apr 07

Prominence 22 Jan 06 23 Sep 05 09 Sep 05 04 Sep 05 27 Jul 05

PST PST (evaluation report)

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Radioflux 05 Aug 07 12 Nov 05

Rain showers 08 Oct 09 Eye on the climate (RMI-report) Flooding in India

RMI Eye on the Climate

Ross Ice Shelf 10 Dec 09

Saffir-Simpson scale 30 Dec 08

Satellite ACE 21 May 05 Chandra 31 Dec 05 28 Jul 05 28 May 05 Cluster 08 Dec 06 22 May 06 31 Mar 06 21 Jan 06 31 Dec 05 GOES-13 07 Dec 06 13 Jul 06 Hinode 03 Apr 08 23 Dec 07 19 Sep 07 23 Mar 07 27 Nov 06 28 Sep 06 09 Apr 05 Image 09 Apr 05 Proba-2 12 Nov 09 RHESSI 12 Oct 08 SOHO 26 May 07 21 Jul 06 25 May 06 10 Mar 06 02 Dec 05 23 Apr 05 09 Apr 05 01 Apr 05 Solar Dynamics Observatory 09 Apr 05 Solar Orbiter 09 Apr 05 Stereo 03 Apr 08 06 Oct 07 24 Apr 07 26 Oct 06 19 Nov 05 09 Apr 05 Themis 02 Mar 08 17 Feb 07 TRACE 21 Aug 05 21 May 05 25 Mar 05 Ulysses 12 Oct 08 15 Jun 08 21 Feb 07 Voyager 1 & 2 23 Dec 07 22 Sep 06 25 May 06 28 May 05 01 Apr 05 Yohkoh 23 Oct 05 14 May 05

Schatten (polar field)

Sea currents Influence on polar ice sheets

Sea level See Oceans

Smoothing formula Meeus SIDC 27-day average

Solar Cycle (SC) Comparison of Solar Cycles 1-23 Duration of a solar cycle minimum Length 10 May 08 Predicting Minimum Based on appearance of first sunspot group with new SC magnetic polarity Based on groups of Old/New SC Based on last 100 groups of SC Based on the minimum of other solar and geomagnetic parameters Based on Wolfnumber comparison with other SC Based on Wolfnumber minimum comparison with other SC Based on Wolfnumber > 60 in comparison with other SC Based on the number of big, super and giant sunspotgroups Based on the duration of the minimum from previous SC Based on the solar Jetstream (torsional oscillation) Based on the shape of the solar corona Based on Wolfnumber > 100 in comparison with other SC Overview of a few prediction methods for start and amplitude of a SC (2005) SC22-23 transit 04 Aug 06 31 Jul 06 Solar Cycle 23 Comparison of R, TSI and Radioflux Hoe taai is SC23? () Status SC23 - Predictions SC24 (05 Nov 05) Solar minimum explodes! The current solar cycle minimum (08 Nov 08) Prediction of SC23 amplitude (precursor method) SC23-24 transit 22 Aug 09 01 Aug 09 31 May 09 12 Oct 08 04 Oct 08 22 Jul 08 10 May 08 26 Mar 08 12 Dec 07 03 Nov 07 02 Sep 07 03 Jul 07 02 Jul 07 02 Dec 06 04 Aug 06 31 Jul 06 23 Jul 06 15 Jul 06 07 Jul 06 03 Jun 06 04 Feb 06 01 Nov 05 17 Sep 05 26 Aug 05 09 Jul 05 05 Jun 05 24 Apr 05 28 Feb 05 03 Jan 05 Spot or pore? 10 Sep 08 21-22 Aug 08 04 Aug 06 Solar Cycle 24 Comments on start & amplitude of SC24 Where are the sunspots? First 20 groups Magnetic polarity (Spaceweather.com) Radioflux stand-stills during solar cycle evolution Status SC23 - Predictions SC24 (05 Nov 05) Minimum of other solar parameters Livingston-Penn Hathaway: Amplitude prediction based on aa-index Dikpati: Amplitude prediction based on flux-transport dynamo Schatten: Amplitude prediction based on polar magnetic field strength The distribution in X-ray class of solar flares for SC24 (2005) SC24 prediction panel 10 May 08 28 Apr 07 Solar Cycle 25 One of the smallest in centuries? Spotless days Spotless Days Page 07 Jul 06 03 Jun 06 02 Feb 06

Solar constant See TSI

Solar dynamo Dikpati: Flux-transport dynamo

Solar radiation See TSI

Solar System Climate-change in Solar System? Pluto no longer a planet Solar flares altered Mars' atmosphere Sun radiating much sooner than thought Kuiper Belt Object On the origin of our solar system

Solar Wind 12 Oct 08 03 Apr 08 23 Dec 07 21 Jan 06 21 May 05 23 Apr 05

Spaceweather Prediction of radiation storm Magnetic whirlpools feed Earth's magnetosphere NOAA 0930 Electron Diffusion Region The source of the Killer Electrons Who's afraid of a solar flare? Solar storm from NOAA 0720 2005 and geomagnetic storms from NOAA 0720 and 0808 Predicting times for clear spaceweather Saturn reflects X-rays from the Sun Travel time energetic particles after NOAA 0720 flare Predicting solar wind speed from Chromosperic structures Mini-CME can influence Spaceweather The origin of the fast solar wind Solar influence on whale strandings? Links to solar and spaceweather sites

Sprites

Stepwise change in climate parameters (RMI-report)

Sun 3D-images and -movies (Stereo) The Sun is not a perfect sphere (RHESSI)

Sun and Climate Reply to Lockwood & Frohlich Lockwood and Frohlich Old Nile records Svensmark-effect

Sunspot Difference with pore (SIDC, sl. 32-34) Formation (Schatten) Structure (Hinode) Livingstone-Penn

Sunspot classification McIntosh classification CV-project NOAA 0930 NOAA 0756 NOAA errors Classification

Sunspot groups Lifetime First 20 groups of a solar cycle NOAA 0918 & 0933 Longliving sunspotgroups in SC23 Movement between sunspots Magnetic conditions for solar flare NOAA 0972 NOAA 0918 & 0933 (Part 2) NOAA 0918 & 0933 (Part 1) Recordsetting sunspotgroups Top 50 of biggest sunspotgroups since SC12 (1874) Top 50 of flare-prone sunspotgroups since 1976 Reversed magnetic polarity 22 Mar 09 04 Oct 08 Jan-Feb 07 22 Aug 06 15 Aug 06 31 Jul 06 29 Jul 05 05 Jun 05 28 Feb 05 Solar Cycle 23 Halloween groups 05 Aug 07 16 Jun 06 11 Mar 05 NOAA 7872 NOAA 0720 26 Sep 05 17 Sep 05 28 May 05 12 Feb 05 05 Feb 05 23 Jan 05 22 Jan 05 NOAA 0732 NOAA 0742 NOAA 0743 NOAA 0756 NOAA 0759 NOAA 0774 NOAA 0775 11 Jun 05 06 Jun 05 NOAA 0786 NOAA 0792 30 Jul 05 29 Jul 05 28 Jul 05 27 Jul 05 NOAA 0798 and 0808 26 Sep 05 17 Sep 05 09 Sep 05 26 Aug 05 NOAA 8771 NOAA 9628 NOAA 0069 NOAA 0808 NOAA 0826 NOAA 0862 NOAA 0865 NOAA 0875 NOAA 0892 NOAA 0898 NOAA 0900 NOAA 0904 NOAA 0905 NOAA 0921 NOAA 0926 NOAA 0927 NOAA 0930 28 Mar 07 23 Mar 07 21 Feb 07 Jan-Feb 07 07 Dec 06 NOAA 0933 28 Mar 07 Jan-Feb 07 NOAA 0960 03 Jun 07 02 Jun 07 NOAA 0972 NOAA 1000 NOAA 1003 Solar Cycle 24 First 20 groups of SC24 Flare-activity in high-latitude sunspotgroups NOAA 0981 05 Feb 08 04 Jan 08 NOAA 1007 NOAA 1019 NOAA 1020 NOAA 1024 Tiny Tim 24 May 08 04 Aug 06

Sunspot area First 20 groups of a solar cycle Evolution of hemispheric sunspot area Area of first groups of a SC Active longitudes Summer 2006

Sunspot number Calculation of Sunspot numbers (SIDC, 2008) Compared to radioflux and TSI

Surge 03 Jun 07 30 Jul 05

Svensmark Svensmark-effect

SXI NOAA 0930 Method for determining solar flares Image archive

Synoptic maps Overview per year for group-, area- and flare activity

Tachocline From indirect X-ray measurements of sunlike stars

Telescope Dunn PST (evaluation report) SST

Temperature Global Temperature prediction based on GISS-data 2009_August 2009_April 2008_August 2008_April 2007_August 2007_April 2006_November 2006_August 2006_March 2005_June Temperature measurement Climategate (CRU) Stephenson screen (WUWT Surface stations) Satellites

Thames 21 Mar 06

Thermohaline circulation Eye on the Climate 07 Oct 07 13 May 05

Thompson (precursor method)

Time-distance between Sun and Earth

Tiny Tim Area of first groups of a SC

TSI 05 Aug 07 Eye on the Climate Less sunlight, but temps rise Global brightening/dimming The Solar Constant (14 Apr 05)

Tsunami 03 Apr 08

Urban heat island 23 Mar 07 21 Jul 05

Van Allen belts Origin of plasmaspheric hiss The source of the Killer Electrons

Volcano Chaiten Kasatochi 21 May 05 Mount St-Helens Alaskan volcanoes show signs of unrest Non-volcanic hot rock Colima

VRT 17 Oct 09 08 Oct 09 01 Oct 09 30 Dec 08 03 May 08 02 May 08 27 Mar 08 15 Aug 07 30 Jul 07 05 Jan 06 16 Sep 05 2004-2005

Water vapor Eye on the Climate

Wilkins Ice Shelf 27 Mar 08

Wolfnumber see Sunspotnumber

WWF 29 Oct 08 02 May 08 11 Aug 05

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