Solar Polar Fields During Cycles 21 - 23: Correlation with Meridional Flows

Solar Physics

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-277

  Janardhan, P ^a   Bisoi, Susanta K ^a   Gosain, S ^a,b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b Udaipur Solar Observatory   (India)

Author keywords

MDI magnetograms; Meridional flows; Polar magnetic fields; Solar cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649825365     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-010-9653-x     Document Type: Article

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