Measurements of the Sun's Meridional Flow (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

Measurements of the Sun's Meridional Flow

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Helioseismology was used to measure the Sun's meridional flow (in miles per hour). This flow controls the evolution of the global magnetic field and the number of sunspots.

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MPS (Z.-C. Liang)

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