Evidence for a poleward meridional flow on the sun

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Aug 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982soph...79..231t&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics, vol. 79, Aug. 1982, p. 231-245.

Physics

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Equatorial Regions, Magnetic Field Configurations, Meridional Flow, Polar Regions, Solar Magnetic Field, Filaments, Latitude, Magnetic Flux, Photosphere, Solar Activity

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Two subsets of all polar zone filaments, designated polemost filament and polar filament bands, are defined for observational study of their behavior, which is compared with the evolution of the polar magnetic field over Howard and LaBonte's (1981) activity cycle. The magnetic data show that the polar magnetic fields are built up and maintained by the episodic arrival of discrete f-polarity regions originating in active region latitudes and subsequently drifting to the poles. F-polarity regions are carried poleward by a meridional flow, rather than by diffusion. It is noted that the mean latitude of the polemost filaments tracks the boundary of the polar field cap, and undergoes an equatorward dip during each arrival of additional polar field, and that the polar filament bands track the boundary latitudes of the unipolar regions, drifting poleward with the regions at about 10 m/sec.

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