Zonal Velocity Bands and the Solar Activity Cycle
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
We compare the zonal flow pattern in subsurface layers of the Sun with the distribution of surface magnetic features like sunspots and polar faculae. We demonstrate that in the activity belt, the butterfly pattern of sunspots coincides with the fast stream of zonal flows, although part of the sunspot distribution does spill over to the slow stream. At high latitudes, the polar faculae and zonal flow bands have similar distributions in the spatial and temporal domains.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0802.0907,
title = {Zonal Velocity Bands and the Solar Activity Cycle},
author = {K. R. Sivaraman and H. M. Antia and S. M. Chitre and V. V. Makarova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.0907},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To appear in Solar Physics