Meridional circulation in the Active Belts I. González Hernández, S. Kholikov, R. Howe, F. Hill and R. Komm National Solar Observatory, Tucson, AZ
Contents Meridional circulation from GONG data Previous results Removing active longitudes Depth dependence Summary
Meridional circulation from GONG : yearly variation
Previous results Giles, 2000 Basu & Antia, 2003
Previous results Peter Giles Haber et al. 2002
Previous results Zhao & Kosovichev, 2004
Previous results Gizon, 2004
Previous results Komm et al., 2004 & 2005 Zaatri et al., 2006 Chou, 2007
Removing the Active Regions
Before and after removing active regions
Before and after removing active regions from time-distance
Before and after removing active regions
Before and after removing active regions Time Distance Rings
Depth profile
Summary 6 continuous years of GONG meridional circulation confirm previous results showing “extra circulation” in active belts. Removing active longitudes. global circulation pattern in the active belt inflows that plays a role in active region production Time-distance validation --> Work in progress
Checking the averages