SPACE.com:
The inner workings of sunspots—those dark blotches that
mark intense magnetic activity on the sun's surface—have
long been a mystery, but a new computer simulation is providing
a more realistic look inside them.
Understanding the complex dynamics that drive sunspots could
help scientists better understand and predict the potential
impacts on communications systems and climate patterns of the
geomagnetic storms produced by these solar blights."This is the
first time we have a model of an entire sunspot," said Matthias
Rempel of the
National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. "If you want
to understand all the drivers of Earth's atmospheric system,
you have to understand how sunspots emerge and evolve."
Understanding the complex dynamics that drive sunspots could
help scientists better understand and predict the potential
impacts on communications systems and climate patterns of the
geomagnetic storms produced by these solar blights."This is the
first time we have a model of an entire sunspot," said Matthias
Rempel of the
National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. "If you want
to understand all the drivers of Earth's atmospheric system,
you have to understand how sunspots emerge and evolve."
