Calorific intensity of solar rays

The Nature of Solar Polar Rays

We use time series observations from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory and Yohkoh spacecraft to study solar polar rays. Contrary to our expectations, we find that the rays are associated with active regions on the Sun and are not features of the polar coronal holes. They are extended, hot plasma structures formed in the active regions and projected onto the plane of the sky above the polar...

Solar Influence on Climate: Cosmic Rays

The Intensity Profile of the Solar Supergranulation

We have measured the average radial (cell center to network boundary) profile of the continuum intensity contrast associated with supergranular flows using data from the Precision Solar Photometric Telescope (PSPT) at the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO). After removing the contribution of the network flux elements by the application of masks based on Ca II K intensity and averaging over more...

Ground Based Measurements of Galactic and Solar Cosmic Rays

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The global network of ground based neutron monitors and muon telescopes constitutes a unique “instrument” in an armada of particle detection and measurement facilities now in space and to be deployed in the future. This network has a particle energy detection threshold of order 500 MeV, extending up to 50 GeV, with a full-sky field of view continuously making dozens of pointed...

Calorific content of certain bacteria and fungi.

Calorific contents of dried cells of several representative species of bacteria (gram-negative rods and gram-positive rods and cocci), two species of yeasts, and a filamentous fungus were determined by bomb calorimetry. The grand mean was 5,383 cal per g of ash-free dry weight. This value was then used to determine quantity of energy assimilated (E(a)) during growth. Subsequently, E(a) was empl...