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Relationships between Supergranular horizontal flow velocity, cell size and cell lifetime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2006

U. Paniveni ,
V. Krishan ,
Jagdev Singh  and
R. Srikanth
U. Paniveni
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore-34, email: udayams@vsnl.com
V. Krishan
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore-34, email: udayams@vsnl.com
Jagdev Singh
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore-34, email: udayams@vsnl.com
R. Srikanth
Affiliation:
Raman Research Institute, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore-560080 email: srik@rri.res.in
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Supergranules are observed in the high photosphere as large convection eddies with horizontal diverging flows from the cell centre and subsiding flows at the cell borders.

Keywords

Sun: Granulation – turbulence
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S233: Solar Activity and its Magnetic Origin , March 2006 , pp. 85 - 86
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© 2006 International Astronomical Union