Can surface flux transport account for the weak polar field in cycle 23?

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 176, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 289-298

  Jiang, Jie ^a,b   Cameron, Robert H ^b   Schmitt, Dieter ^b   Schüssler, Manfred ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sun: activity; Sun: magnetic fields; Sun: photosphere

Indexed keywords

MERIDIONAL FLOWS; PARAMETER CHANGES; POLAR FIELDS; SUN: ACTIVITY; SUN: MAGNETIC FIELD; SUN: PHOTOSPHERE; SURFACE FLUX; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84879209643     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9783-y     Document Type: Review

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