Torsional Oscillations in a Global Solar Dynamo

Solar Physics

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 335-360

  Beaudoin, P ^a   Charbonneau, P ^a   Racine, E ^b   Smolarkiewicz, P K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection zone; Magnetohydrodynamics; Oscillations: Solar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871919197     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-012-0150-2     Document Type: Article

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