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Shear Driven Turbulence and Coherent Structures in Solar Surface Simulations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 April 2008
Abstract
Numerical simulations of convection near the solar surface are now advanced enough to reproduce both a large set of observational data and provide tests for convection models. We discuss the role of coherent structures in models of solar p-mode excitation, for which the analysis of numerical simulations has provided key inputs in the modelling. The robustness of these simulations is shown by a comparison illustrating the influence of boundary conditions on ensemble averaged quantities. In a concluding example advanced high resolution simulations are shown to resolve the onset of shear driven turbulence generated by up- and downflow structures.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S252: The Art of Modeling Stars in the 21st Century , April 2008 , pp. 451 - 461
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- Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008
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