A new estimate of the solar meridional flow

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作者
Cameron, R [1 ]
Hopkins, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sydney, Sch Math & Stat, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
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10.1023/A:1005036907969
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present a new method for measuring the solar magnetic meridional flow, and provide a comparison with other recent work. We have performed a least-squares fit to azimuthally averaged Mount Wilson Observatory synoptic data encompassing Carrington rotations 1722 to 1929 to produce an estimate of the solar meridional flow. A parametric fit to our results expresses the solar meridional flow as nu(phi) = 28.5 sin(2.5) phi cos phi.
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