Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000soph..193..313s&link_type=abstract
Solar Physics, v. 193, Issue 1/2, p. 313-331 (2000).
Physics
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Scientific paper
The MDI instrument on the SOHO satellite obtained a nearly continuous 45.5-hr run in high-resolution mode on 17-18 January 1997, collecting continuum, Dopplergram, and magnetogram images once per minute. This is one of the longest data sets yet obtained in this mode and shows significant evolution of the supergranulation pattern. After allowing for solar rotation within the fixed field of view, an area spanning 17° in latitude and 11° in longitude was extracted that covers the same area of the solar surface for the entire run. From the de-rotated continuum images, we computed flow maps of photospheric motions using local correlation techniques (LCT). Horizontal divergence maps constructed from the flow maps show local maxima of the size of mesogranules (5-10''). We interpret these as mesogranules although the LCT flow map resolution (4.8'' FWHM) may not completely resolve smaller mesogranules. Movies made from the divergence maps clearly show the outward convection (advection) of these mesogranules within each supergranule, and narrow boundaries of negative divergence outlining the supergranules. Several new supergranules are observed forming. These appear as areas of strong divergence that pop up between pre-existing supergranules and grow, pushing their neighbors apart. Others seem to perish between growing neighbors. We also computed the vertical component of vorticity from the flow maps. Movies of this vorticity do not show any obvious patterns.
Hurlburt Neal E.
Shine Richard A.
Simon George W.
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