Cycle 19 facula dynamics. II. Meridional circulation, RMS velocity, and Reynolds stresses.

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We investigated the meridional circulation of photospheric faculae throughout cycle 19. Together with the rotation observed in a companion paper (Meunier et al. 1997A&A...319..673M), we were able to address the problem of the existence of the observed differential rotation. The meridional circulation is characterized by a strong north-south asymmetry. The distribution of meridional circulation around the mean value confirms the existence of two populations detected in Meunier et al. (1997A&A...319..673M). An investigation of the rms velocities yields information on the variation of the anisotropy between the two horizontal motions and the latitudinal dependence of the small-scale kinetic energy. Lastly, a very small facula covariance has been measured, and its variation during the cycle has been established.

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