The Solar Differential Rotation and 'Rossby-Type' Waves

Details The Solar Differential Rotation and 'Rossby-Type' Waves The Solar Differential Rotation and 'Rossby-Type' Waves

Dec 1969

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1969soph...10..476k&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics, Volume 10, Issue 2, pp.476-493

Physics

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It has been suggested that the solar differential rotation might be maintained by nearly horizontal non-spherical convective circulation called the Rossby-type waves (the wave motions characterized by the close balance of the Coriolis force and pressure gradient in horizontal motions). In this paper, such Rossby-type waves which could be excited in the upper solar convection zone are considered, and the possibility of maintenance of the solar differential rotation by such waves is examined. A numerical estimate, in terms of the rate of conversion of the kinetic energy of such wave motions into the mean rotational motion, indicates this possibility. The implications and limitations of the results are also discussed.

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