Abstract Using mean-field hydrodynamic models of the solar angular momentum balance we show that the non-monotonic latitudinal dependence of the radial angular momentum fluxes caused by -effect can affect the number of the meridional circulation cells stacking in the radial direction in the solar convection zone. In particular, our results show the possibility of a complicated triple-cell meridional circulation structure. This pattern consists of two large counterclockwise circulation cells (the N-hemisphere) and a smaller clockwise cell located at low latitudes at the bottom of the convection zone. Similar triple-cell circulation patterns were previously earlier found in a number of 3D global simulations models. The effect is demonstrated for the first time using the mean-field parametrization of the -effect.
Angular momentum fluxes caused by -effect and meridional circulation structure of the Sun
Advances in Space Research ; 58 , 8 ; 1490-1496
2016-04-21
7 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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