Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979soph...63....3d&link_type=abstract
Solar Physics, vol. 63, Aug. 1979, p. 3-15.
Physics
103
Convective Flow, Flow Velocity, Solar Limb, Solar Magnetic Field, Solar Rotation, Velocity Distribution, Doppler Effect, Equators, Magnetic Signatures, Photosphere, Solar Physics
Scientific paper
Daily observations of Doppler line shifts made with very low spatial resolution with the Stanford magnetograph were used to study the equatorial rotation rate, limb effect on the disk, and the mean meridional circulation. The equatorial rotation rate compared favorably with Howard's results (1977), and the RMS deviation of the daily measurements about the mean value was 1% of the rate, much smaller than the fluctuations reported by Howard and Harvey (1970). The limb effect on the disk in equatorial scans, a redshift at the center of the disk, and central meridian scans used to search for the component of mean meridional circulation symmetric across the equator were discussed, and it was shown that models of the differential rotation driven by an axisymmetric meridional circulation and an anisotropic eddy viscosity predict an equatorwards flow at the surface. It was concluded that the observation of a poleward-directed meridional circulation lends support to the giant cell convection models of the differential rotation over the anisotropic eddy viscosity models.
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