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On the possible detection of large-scale solar meridional motions by analyzing A-type spots from the Greenwich photoheliographic results

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Young A-type sunspots taken from the Greenwich Photoheliographic Results (1940–1976) were used to search for systematic meridional motions. No indication for a systematic pattern of meridional motions could be found.

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  1. Kiepenheuer - Institut für Sonnenphysik, Schöneckstr. 6, D-7800, Freiburg, F.R.G.

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Wöhl, H. On the possible detection of large-scale solar meridional motions by analyzing A-type spots from the Greenwich photoheliographic results. Sol Phys 116, 199–202 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171724

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