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A Model of the Solar Convection Zone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

B. E. Waters
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University
R. Van Der Borght
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University

Extract

In a previous paper it was shown how one could improve upon the Böhm-Vitense model of the solar convection zone by the inclusion of four different length scales and by the determination of these length scales with the use of the quasi-Vitense model as developed by Unno. In this way the vertical wave number kz, associated with a characteristic eddy, can be determined by the integration of a second order differential equation. The integrations have to be started at a suitable depth and all model calculations depend critically on the assumed structure of the top layer.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1972

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