Large-Scale Flow Patterns in the Solar Atmosphere

Small-scale topology of solar atmosphere dynamics

Wecontinue studying the small-scale topologyof dynamical phenomena in the quiet-sun internetwork atmosphere through statistical estimation of the co-location probability of different fine-structure elements and wave modes. In this paper we chart spatial alignments between the granular brightness structuring of the photosphere, Ca ii K2V brightness patterns in the chromosphere, and wave amplitud...

Small-scale structure and dynamics of the lower solar atmosphere

The chromosphere of the quiet Sun is a highly intermittent and dynamic phenomenon. Three-dimensional radiation (magneto-)hydrodynamic simulations exhibit a meshlike pattern of hot shock fronts and cool expanding post-shock regions in the sub-canopy part of the inter-network. This domain might be called “fluctosphere”. The pattern is produced by propagating shock waves, which are excited at the ...

Large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns associated with the occurrence of severe storms Zab basin

The Solar Atmosphere

Looking at the solar photosphere, we see the top of the convection zone in the form of granulation: Hot gas rising from the solar interior as part of the energy transport process reaches a position where the opacity is no longer sufficient to prevent the escape of radiation. The gas expands, radiates, and cools and in so doing loses its buoyancy and descends. These motions, ultimately driven by...

ROTATION PATTERNS IN THELARGE - SCALE SOLAR CORONAbyMark

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