林中斌 部落格 / Blog Chong-Pin Lin

    根據2月8日美國前國防部分析家馬羅夫(Michael Maloof)報導: 美國太空總署及國家海洋暨太空總署已發布 "超級太陽風暴"警告。重要的是"不要慌張,積極準備"。據我所知，雖然這11年左右的太陽周期 (周期24)比以前兩個周期都弱，但並不表示不會有太陽風暴。      

    1859年的超級太陽風暴 "卡林頓事件"就發生在太陽周期的低谷。太陽風暴所拋出的"日冕物質拋射"不見得會打到地球，但積極準備樂觀前瞻是最好的態度。(請見 "大災變" 頁212-224).

   林中斌 2013年2月21

    According to a February 8 report by Michael Maloof who served as security anlayst in the Office of Secretary of Defense, a "solar storm maximum" has erupted  and scientists at both NASA and  NOAA have been expressing concern. As I understand it, although the current Solar Cylce 24 is weaker than the two previous sloar cycles, that does not rule out the possibility of a super solar storm.

    The Carrington Event in 1859, the worst recorded in human history, occurred at the trough of a solar cycle.  The best attitude to take is "Get prepared but don't panic". Panicking does not help at all. 

                                              Chong-Pin Lin February 21 

http://www.weather.com/news/science/massive-sunspot-forms-20130220

20130220 Massive Sunspot Rapidly Forming

Published: Feb 20, 2013, 7:09 PM EST NASA

The bottom two black spots are part of the same system that NASA says is rapidly expanding.

    A giant sunspot that's at least six times the diameter of Earth has formed on the sun in less than 48 hours, according to NASA.

    Sunspots form when the sun's magnetic fields rearrange and realign. They tend to be unstable andcan lead to solar flares.

    According to a news release, scientists from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory watched the sunspot rapidly grow on February 19 and 20. The agency says it could even be larger than six times the diameter of Earth "since the spot lies on a sphere not a flat disk."

    Sun activity goes through cycles that stretch about 11 years. Currently the sun is moving toward the peak of a very energetic cycle which scientists expect to last through the middle of this year.