Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006pasj...58..407k&link_type=abstract
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.58, No.2, pp. 407-421
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Sun: Atmospheric Motions, Sun: Photosphere
Scientific paper
In order to obtain an overall view of the flow structure of convective gas in emerging flux regions (EFRs), we studied three EFRs in two solar active regions, NOAA 8218 and NOAA 10774. Using the Local Correlation Tracking method, we found several horizontally divergent flow structures, which were stable over a period of 1 hour, in 2 EFRs in NOAA 8218. The horizontal flow velocities and the sizes of the structures were around 500m s-1 and about 4Mm in radius, respectively. We analyzed another dataset of NOAA 10774 using spectroscopic methods and found temporarily stable up-ward gas flows in the central part of the EFR. The line-of-sight velocities were around 150m s-1 and the size of the flow patch was 2 to 5Mm in radius. These results support our previous findings that convective-cell-like flow appears in the central part of an EFR. We estimated from these results that the depth of the flow cell in EFRs is about 600km, and the turn-over time of the cell is about 2 hours.
Berger Thomas E.
Brooks David H.
Kitai Reizaburo
Kozu Hiromichi
Kurokawa Hiroki
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