On the Energetics and Momentum Balance of Pole-Equator Temperature Differences in the Sun
Abstract
It is suggested that, as a consequence of the action of magnetic fields, the acoustic energy heating the chromosphere could be deposited at different heights at the equator than at the poles. The resultant pole-equator difference in pressure can be balanced by tilted sinusoidal motions [in the (r, 0)-plane] having some resemblance to horizontal Rossby waves. Subject heading: atmospheres, solar
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- July 1973
- DOI:
- 10.1086/152256
- Bibcode:
- 1973ApJ...183..665D