作者: Laurent Gizon , Robert H. Cameron , Majid Pourabdian , Zhi-Chao Liang , Damien Fournier
关键词: Equator 、 Meridional flow 、 Helioseismology 、 Dynamo 、 Geology 、 Sunspot 、 Convection zone 、 Geophysics 、 Latitude 、 Solar cycle
摘要: The Sun's magnetic field is generated by subsurface motions of the convecting plasma. latitude at which emerges through solar surface (as sunspots) drifts toward equator over course 11-year cycle. We use helioseismology to infer meridional flow (in latitudinal and radial directions) two cycles covering 1996-2019. Two data sources are used, agree during their overlap period 2001-2011. time-averaged shown be a single cell in each hemisphere, carrying plasma base convection zone with speed ~4 meters per second 45° latitude. Our results support flux-transport dynamo model, explains drift sunspot-emergence latitudes flow.