Tag Archives: Tides

A Remarkable Lunar Paper and Numbers on Major Standstill

Posted on 25 January 2014 by E.M.Smith

Times of Major Lunar Standstill are special. Very old data matters. The basic value of a computer simulation is to illustrate where our understanding is wrong so we can go back to that very old data and learn something new. It’s the Moon and Sun that matter most. Continue reading →

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Arctic Standstill Tropical Saros

Posted on 29 January 2013 by E.M.Smith

Are the polar weather cycles driven by the 18.6 year cycle of Lunar orbitals shifts? Are the poles marching to a N./S. tug from declination while the tropics are pulled by the alignment / eclipse Saros? In any case, the Moon looks to rule. Continue reading →

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Why Weather has a 60 year Lunar beat

Posted on 24 January 2013 by E.M.Smith

Why is there a nearly 60 year cycle in weather events, like the PDO flip? Perhaps due to a product of lunar cycles and earth rotation rate… Continue reading →

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Australia, Bushfires, a Lunar Cycle?

Posted on 22 January 2013 by E.M.Smith

Does Australia get especially hot and dry ‘fire conditions’ at particular times of the lunar tidal cycles? Was 1851 rather a lot like now? Continue reading →

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