Debbie came to CCS after 28 years at Bellsouth, where she was a Service Consultant, a System Designer I, Network Sales Engineer II (certified) and a Collocation Manager, and she knows the telecom industry backwards and forwards.
I have carried out detailed study on the quiet sun magnetic fields and super-granule velocity fields. This thesis consists of 6 themes. 1.I studied the statistical properties of quiet sun magnetic fields, including size distribution, evolution, flux budget of magnetic flux elements, and the magnetic diffusion constant.From the observations, I derived that the magnetic diffusion constant is Â±150 km[superscript 2]/sec in the quiet region.I found that cancelling features and Ephemeral Regions are major sources of magnetic flux disappearance and replenishment. 2.rom the observations, I derived that the magnetic diffusion constant is Â±150 km[superscript 2]/sec in the quiet region. I found that cancelling features and Ephemeral Regions are major sources of magnetic flux disappearance and replenishment. 2.
Faculae are bright areas that are usually most easily seen near the limb, or edge, of the solar disk. These are also magnetic areas but the magnetic field is concentrated in much smaller bundles than in sunspots. While the sunspots tend to make the Sun look darker, the faculae make it look brighter. During a sunspot cycle the faculae actually win out over the sunspots and make the Sun appear slightly (about 0.1%) brighter at sunspot maximum that at sunspot minimum. Click on image for larger version.