The unusual minimum of sunspot cycle 23 caused by meridional plasma flow variations

Nature

Volumn 471, Issue 7336, 2011, Pages 80-82

  Nandy, Dibyendu ^a   Muñoz Jaramillo, Andrés ^b,c   Martens, Petrus C H ^b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; PLASMA; SUNSPOT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 79952266241     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09786     Document Type: Article

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