Nearly steady flows in GONG prototype data

Details Nearly steady flows in GONG prototype data Nearly steady flows in GONG prototype data

Dec 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993stin...9530863h&link_type=abstract

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Flow Measurement, Flow Visualization, Imaging Techniques, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Orthogonal Functions, Photosphere, Solar Activity, Spherical Harmonics, Doppler Effect, Image Resolution, Periodic Variations, Prototypes, Solar Convection (Astronomy), Solar Oscillations, Solar Spectra, Velocity Modulation

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Doppler velocity images obtained with the GONG prototype instrument were analyzed to measure the nearly steady photospheric flows. The data consists of 88 images each of velocity, intensity, and modulation obtained at 20:00 UT on 88 days from July 1992 to February 1994. Each velocity image was temporally filtered to remove the p-mode oscillations, masked to exclude active regions, and then analyzed using spherical harmonics and orthogonal functions as described by Hathaway (1992). The spectral coefficients show very consistent results for the entire time interval with some evidence of year-to-year variations. The rotation profile agrees well with previous results and exhibits a north-south asymmetry that reverses sign during the 20 month interval. The residual rotation velocities exhibit structures with amplitudes of approximately 5 m/s that may be related to torsional oscillations. The meridional circulation is directed from the equator toward the poles with a peak velocity in the photosphere of approximately 50 m/s. The higher order components are very weak but indicate a divergent flow from the mid-latitudes (opposite that found for the June 1989 data). The convective limb shift is well fit by a 3rd order polynomial. The convection spectrum has a prominent peak at spherical harmonic degrees of l approximately 150 with very little signal in the low degree modes. Analysis of this signal shows that there is no evidence for giant cell convection at the level of approximately 10 m/s for all modes up to l = 32.

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