Comparison of the past two solar minima from the perspective of the interior dynamics and dynamo of the sun

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 176, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 279-287

  Dikpati, Mausumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamo; Meridional circulation; Solar activity

Indexed keywords

CORONAL HOLE; END OF CYCLES; INTERIOR DYNAMICS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; POLAR FIELDS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR INTERIOR;

COSMIC RAYS; DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR ENERGY;

INTERACTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84879222687     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9790-z     Document Type: Review

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