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Solar Dynamics, Rotation, Convection and Overshoot

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We discuss recent observational, theoretical and modeling progress made in understanding the Sun’s internal dynamics, including its rotation, meridional flow, convection and overshoot. Over the past few decades, substantial theoretical and observational effort has gone into appreciating these aspects of solar dynamics. A review of these observations, related helioseismic methodology and inference and computational results in relation to these problems is undertaken here.

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  1. Though see Rempel (2005b) for an example of a time-dependent mean field model in which gyroscopic pumping is the dominant meridional flow driver.

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MSM is supported by NASA grants NNH09AK14I (Heliophysics SR&T) and NNX08AI57G (Heliophysics Theory Program). The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. MR acknowledges support from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP/2007-2013)/ERC Grant Agreement no. 307117.

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Hanasoge, S., Miesch, M.S., Roth, M. et al. Solar Dynamics, Rotation, Convection and Overshoot. Space Sci Rev 196, 79–99 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-015-0144-0

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