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. 2008 Dec 3;8(12):7736-7752.
doi: 10.3390/s8127736.

Cosmic Influence on the Sun-Earth Environment

Saumitra Mukherjee  1
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Cosmic Influence on the Sun-Earth Environment

Saumitra Mukherjee. Sensors (Basel). .

Abstract

SOHO satellite data reveals geophysical changes before sudden changes in the Earth's Sun-Earth environment. The influence of extragalactic changes on the Sun as well as the Sun-Earth environment seems to be both periodic and episodic. The periodic changes in terms of solar maxima and minima occur every 11 years, whereas the episodic changes can happen at any time. Episodic changes can be monitored by cosmic ray detectors as a sudden increase or decrease of activity. During these solar and cosmic anomaly periods the environment of the Earth is affected. The Star-Sun-Earth connection has the potential to influence the thermosphere, atmosphere, ionosphere and lithosphere. Initial correlation of the cosmic and Sun-Earth connection has shown the possibility of predicting earthquakes, sudden changes in atmospheric temperatures and erratic rainfall/snowfall patterns.

Keywords: SOHO satellite data; change in atmosphere; cosmic; earthquake; extragalactic.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Influence of V838 Monoceras star flares (cosmic rays) on sunspot numbers. 20th May 2002, 17th December 2002, 8th February 2004, 17th December 2004 and 17th February 2005 show low sunspot numbers and higher cosmic ray (identified by cosmic ray detector). Courtesy NASA.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Influence of sunspots on Sun-Earth environment, showing low Kp and low E-flux before snowfall/rainfall, high Kp and high E-flux before an earthquake and very low Kp and low E-flux after an earthquake. Courtesy, SOHO/NASA.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Cosmic ray variation before snowfall and subsequent earthquake on 8th October 2005, establishing forebursh effect and its relation with environment of the Earth (shown in between 8000 to 8100 as low during earthquake and 10740 as high after earthquake).
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