Surface and interior meridional circulation in the Sun

SM Hanasoge - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2022 - Springer
Solar meridional circulation is an axisymmetric flow system, extending from the equator to
the poles (∼ 20 m/s at the surface,≈ 1% of the mean solar rotation rate), plunging inwards …

Dynamics of large-scale solar flows

H Hotta, Y Bekki, L Gizon, Q Noraz, M Rast - Space Science Reviews, 2023 - Springer
The Sun's axisymmetric large-scale flows, differential rotation and meridional circulation, are
thought to be maintained by the influence of rotation on the thermal-convective motions in …

Meridional flow in the Sun's convection zone is a single cell in each hemisphere

L Gizon, RH Cameron, M Pourabdian, ZC Liang… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The Sun's magnetic field is generated by subsurface motions of the convecting plasma. The
latitude at which the magnetic field emerges through the solar surface (as sunspots) drifts …

Detection of equatorward meridional flow and evidence of double-cell meridional circulation inside the Sun

J Zhao, RS Bogart, AG Kosovichev… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Meridional flow in the solar interior plays an important role in redistributing angular
momentum and transporting magnetic flux inside the Sun. Although it has long been …

[HTML][HTML] The polarimetric and helioseismic imager on solar orbiter

SK Solanki, JC del Toro Iniesta, J Woch… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Aims. This paper describes the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager on the Solar Orbiter
mission (SO/PHI), the first magnetograph and helioseismology instrument to observe the …

Meridional circulation in solar and stellar convection zones

NA Featherstone, MS Miesch - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a series of 3D nonlinear simulations of solar-like convection, carried out using
the Anelastic Spherical Harmonic code, that are designed to isolate those processes that …

[HTML][HTML] Variations in differential rotation and meridional flow within the Sun's surface shear layer 1996–2022

DH Hathaway, LA Upton, SS Mahajan - Frontiers in Astronomy and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
We measure differential rotation and meridional flow in the Sun's surface shear layer by
tracking the motions of the magnetic network seen in magnetograms from SOHO/MDI and …

Meridional flow in the solar convection zone. II. Helioseismic inversions of GONG data

J Jackiewicz, A Serebryanskiy… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Meridional flow is thought to play a very important role in the dynamics of the solar
convection zone; however, because of its relatively small amplitude, precisely measuring it …

Helioseismic imaging of fast convective flows throughout the near-surface shear layer

BJ Greer, BW Hindman… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Using a new implementation of ring-diagram helioseismology, we ascertain the strength and
spatial scale of convective flows throughout the near-surface shear layer. Our ring-diagram …

Supergranules as probes of the Sun's Meridional circulation

DH Hathaway - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent analysis revealed that supergranules (convection cells seen at the Sun's surface)
are advected by the zonal flows at depths equal to the widths of the cells themselves. Here …