The Sun’s Supergranulation
The Sun’s supergranulation refers to a physical pattern covering the surface of the quiet Sun with a typical horizontal scale of approximately 30,000 km and a lifetime of around 1.8 d. Its most noticeable observable signature is as a fluctuating velocity field of 360 m s–1 rms whose components are m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer
2010-06-01
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Series: | Living Reviews in Solar Physics |
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Online Access: | http://www.livingreviews.org/lrsp-2010-2 |