Sunspots affecct TSI - that is why the chart is there.
The paper is all about TSI - no mention of the solar wind, falres or CME.
On your point regarding Phil Jones and the cooling since 2002. I mention his comments as my response to macdoc - "Still waiting for your defence of your statement"
So, the Earth has "started" cooling, as they predict. as we enter solar cycle 24 and it's expected to deepen in solar cycle 25,
they say.
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So the Earth has not "started" cooling. The trend is statistically insignificant.
Scientists publish papers. The Project Astrometria are scientists. Piers Corbyn is a weatherman.
Someone is lying to you. HADCRUT3's data is not under suspicion of being manipulated to show a warming trend.
Other datasets show that the
statistically insignificant cooling is much less in the last 8 years (2002 - 2010) as I stated before:
Did Phil Jones really say global warming ended in 1995?
If you plot the NASA GISS data from 2002 to 2010 then there is an even less statistically significant cooling trend (~0.3 C per decade).
All datasets show that there is
statistically insignificant warming in the last decade (2000 - 2010).
See my post #20 for links “Piers Corbyn explains:-“ he makes it very clear.
The main goal of the project:
"The study of global processes occurring deeply inside the Sun and of consequent variations of physical processes in the system Sun-Earth as well as
the study of fine structure and dynamics of active and quiet regions of the photosphere and of their cyclic variations."
I see the bolded sentence above, as meaning what you say is not there, solar wind, flares and CME. The Russian – English translation is good but it not perfect and we face a little bit of the language barrier, I feel. Regardless, this project is clearly, IMHO, not just about TSI (total solar irradiance – sunlight)
Also, see my reply to varwoche
“Piers Corbyn is a weatherman” that’s not fair, he is more than that. An Astrophysicist and Climatologist and he has tried to publish, but been blocked. In my view he doing well with his evidence based science.
You may be right, there is a lot of disinformation around regarding data.
Solar irradiation (visible/IR/UV): 10^24 Joules per year.
The biggest solar flares/magnetic storms/etc ever to hit Earth: 10^15 Joules, total.
"Known physics tells me that this oncoming train is going to hit me," you say, standing on the train tracks, "but isn't it possible that the train will be knocked over by a rogue swarm of mosquitos? If they sting the engineer they could have an amplified effect. As a skeptic I must weigh both possibilities fairly. I'll stand right here until the controversy is resolved."
see my reply to varwoche
Why? Do you understand the meaning of statistically insignificant, yes or no?
Really? More so than all the solar and climate scientists that disagree with him?
see my reply to varwoche
Now I'm not really one for character assassinations, but your characterization of Piers Corbyn is somewhat off the mark:
Personally, he claims (on his wiki discussion page) to have a "first class degree in Physics" and a masters in Astrophysics. No one, apparently, has been able to verify those in the face of his insistence. Given his background, even if it is true according to what he says, I'd still not give much credence to his statement.
your entitled to your view of PC
Project Astrometria and Piers Corbyn seem to me to be on the right track to understanding what drives climate change. They could have the answer to why the warming of the MWP changed to the cooling of the LIA.
These discoveries by NASA are also in their favour, it seems to me:
Colliding Auroras Produce Explosions of Light
December 17, 2009: A network of cameras deployed around the Arctic in support of NASA's THEMIS mission has made a startling discovery about the Northern Lights. Sometimes, vast curtains of aurora borealis collide, producing spectacular outbursts of light. Movies of the phenomenon were unveiled at the Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union today in San Francisco.
"Our jaws dropped when we saw the movies for the first time," says space scientist Larry Lyons of UCLA, a leading member of the team that made the discovery. "These outbursts are telling us something very fundamental about the nature of auroras."
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/17dec_whenaurorascollide.htm
Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth
Oct. 30, 2008: During the time it takes you to read this article, something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn't believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth to the sun 93 million miles away. Tons of high-energy particles may flow through the opening before it closes again, around the time you reach the end of the page.
"It's called a flux transfer event or 'FTE,'" says space physicist David Sibeck of the Goddard Space Flight Center. "Ten years ago I was pretty sure they didn't exist, but now the evidence is incontrovertible."
Indeed, today Sibeck is telling an international assembly of space physicists at the 2008 Plasma Workshop in Huntsville, Alabama, that FTEs are not just common, but possibly twice as common as anyone had ever imagined.
Right: An artist's concept of Earth's magnetic field connecting to the sun's--a.k.a. a "flux transfer event"--with a spacecraft on hand to measure particles and fields. [Larger image]
Researchers have long known that the Earth and sun must be connected. Earth's magnetosphere (the magnetic bubble that surrounds our planet) is filled with particles from the sun that arrive via the solar wind and penetrate the planet's magnetic defenses. They enter by following magnetic field lines that can be traced from terra firma all the way back to the sun's atmosphere.
"We used to think the connection was permanent and that solar wind could trickle into the near-Earth environment anytime the wind was active," says Sibeck. "We were wrong. The connections are not steady at all. They are often brief, bursty and very dynamic."
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/30oct_ftes.htm
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