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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michel Rieutord, François Rincon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2010-06-01
Series:Living Reviews in Solar Physics
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Online Access:http://www.livingreviews.org/lrsp-2010-2