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Solar Surface Flows

Solar Surface Flows is a physical phenomenon within solar physics that denotes the large-scale horizontal motions of plasma across the Sun's photosphere, distinguished by their role in advecting magnetic fields and contributing to the evolution of surface magnetic topology.

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Velocity Fields in the Solar Atmosphere. I. Preliminary Report.

Robert B. Leighton, R. W. Noyes, George W. Simon · The Astrophysical Journal · 1962 · 820 citations

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Precise proper-motion measurement of solar granulation

L. J. November, George W. Simon · The Astrophysical Journal · 1988 · 461 citations

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Torsional Oscillation, Meridional Flows, and Vorticity Inferred in the Upper Convection Zone of the Sun by Time‐Distance Helioseismology

Junwei Zhao · The Astrophysical Journal · 2004 · 337 citations

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A detailed working fluid investigation for solar parabolic trough collectors

Evangelos Bellos, Christos Tzivanidis, K.A. Antonopoulos · Applied Thermal Engineering · 2016 · 304 citations

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Topology of convection beneath the solar surface

R. F. Stein, Åke Nordlund · The Astrophysical Journal · 1989 · 301 citations

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Authors

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  1. LG
    L. Gizon

    Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany

    12 publications · 357 citations

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  2. FH
    F. Hill

    National Solar Observatory, United States

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. MS
    M. Sobotka

    Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute, Czechia

    8 publications · 392 citations

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  4. MR
    M. Rieutord

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    9 publications · 386 citations

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  5. TL
    T. L. Duvall

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    8 publications · 740 citations

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Institutions

354

  1. Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

    Göttingen, Germany

    26 h-index

    91 publications

    4.5K citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    23 h-index

    49 publications

    3.8K citations

  3. NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory

    Boulder, United States

    20 h-index

    29 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    19 h-index

    34 publications

    2.7K citations

  5. National Solar Observatory

    Boulder, United States

    18 h-index

    52 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

    Tenerife, Spain

    17 h-index

    31 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    47 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute

    Ondřejov, Czechia

    15 h-index

    27 publications

    797 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 102 publications · 7.5K citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    61 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Solar Physics

    33 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. Solar Energy

    12 publications · 466 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 12 publications · 889 citations

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