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Do mesogranules exist?The application of spatial and temporal averaging techniques to several long sequences of Dopplergrams obtained at the solar disk center and near the limb confirmed the persistent supergranule velocity pattern. After excluding the 5-min oscillation and supergranule velocity fields from the disk center Doppler data, it is found that the velocity structure shows a typical scale of 7 Mm, consistent with the scale of mesogranules found by November, Toomre, and Gebbie (1981) and November et al. (1982). However, this velocity pattern does not show properties of the cellular convection. It is proposed that the mesogranule velocity structure found by November et al. might be the uncorrected part of the 5-min oscillations and granule velocity.
Document ID
19900033148
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Wang, Haimin
(Big Bear Solar Observatory Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Solar Physics
Volume: 123
Issue: 1 19
ISSN: 0038-0938
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
90A20203
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-05-002-034
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00014-88-K-0089
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-85-13577
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