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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 09:36 AM
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Earthly weather linked to space weather
Space weather in the upper reaches of the atmosphere is affected by weather conditions down here on Earth, a new study suggests.

Using a combination of satellite imagery and computer simulations, researchers found that tides of air created by intense thunderstorms over South America, Africa and Southeast Asia are altering the structure of the ionosphere, the topmost layers of the atmosphere where space weather occurs.

The finding, detailed in the Aug. 11 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, is surprising because scientists didn't think the ionosphere and the troposphere — the lower part of the atmosphere where terrestrial weather happens — affected one another.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14805706/
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GeorgeGist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 09:41 AM
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1. I am surprised that 'scientists' didn't think...
that one part of nature affected another.
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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 09:44 AM
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2. oh, did you have it all figured out?
It must suck that the other team of authors got their findings published before you did. Better luck next time.
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ryanus Donating Member (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 10:32 AM
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3. Pope linked to Catholicism
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:12 AM
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4. Funny how they always thought it was an interaction
Edited on Wed Sep-13-06 11:12 AM by Warpy
between solar wind and the earth's magnetic field, huh?
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