Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apj...228..624b&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 228, Mar. 1, 1979, p. 624-629.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Atmospheric Circulation, Convective Heat Transfer, Meridional Flow, Solar Atmosphere, Solar Rotation, Stellar Envelopes, Boussinesq Approximation, Convective Flow, Heat Flux, Stellar Models, Temperature Gradients
Scientific paper
The axisymmetric linear modes of convection of a rotating Boussinesq fluid with a constant horizontal temperature gradient are investigated. The redistribution of heat by these modes imposes approximate limits on the latitudinal temperature gradients that may exist in a stellar convective envelope, with important consequences for the extent of large-scale meridional circulation. The analysis demonstrates that it is possible to construct models of the solar envelope incorporating a meridional cell sufficient to account for the differential rotation without violating the observational constraints on the latitudinal variation of heat flux from the photosphere.
Bogart Richard. S.
Gierasch Peter J.
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