What are you talking about?
Posted by chris in suburbia on December 26, 2003 at 16:29:22:

Donald, What are you talking about? Do you know anything about electron flux and how it is measured? I know next to nothing about this, but there is nothing unusual on the noaa page under electron flux. There seems to be a daily pattern-this may just be the location of the satellite relative to the sun and earth. The note below is relevant-from the sec.noaa page..."These data are invalid during a significant proton event because of sensor contamination at the GOES spacecraft. Enhanced fluxes of electrons for an extended period of time have been associated with deep dielectric charging anomalies."

I don't know what the last sentence means, but I don't think you do either. I get the impression you are just correlating the daily wave pattern with earthquakes-when this may have no meaning. This pattern and flux may go on for weeks-and then drop down when the sun is more active. So, if you actually understand the relation between electron flux and what it does at the earth's surface and what causes a high flux, and whether electron flux really drops off during high Kp or high proton, or it is just the sensors, than you might as well explain here....

I've been thinking about this-I don't have a problem with the guy discussed on the sgy or syg etc. page who predicted a large California quake by getting vertigo as he passed his hand over a topo map. That is OK with me-this person is not pretending to do science. But, if someone is discussing a cause and effect-a relation between two parameters, if they don't do a reasonable job I'll feel free to either ignore or comment.
Chris


Follow Ups:
     ● Re: What are you talking about? - Donald Boon  19:28:56 - 12/26/2003  (20686)  (1)
        ● electron flux - chris in suburbia  06:28:23 - 12/27/2003  (20688)  (1)
           ● Re: electron flux - Donald Boon  07:39:00 - 12/27/2003  (20692)  (1)
              ● Re: electron flux - Petra  11:03:30 - 12/27/2003  (20700)  (1)
                 ● Re: electron flux - Donald Boon  10:36:12 - 12/29/2003  (20739)  (1)
                    ● Re: electron flux - Donald Boon  07:28:41 - 12/30/2003  (20748)  (0)