Solar physics: Weather of the magnetic Sun

Stephane Mathis (1, 2)

1 AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112) - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
2 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers

The Sun is a magnetically active rotating star. Simultaneous observations with the STEREO and SDO space missions reveal solar analogues of planetary Rossby waves that will help forecast space weather.

Domains: Astrophysics [astro-ph]

Stephane Mathis. Solar physics: Weather of the magnetic Sun. Nature Astronomy, 2017, 1 (4), pp.0096. ⟨10.1038/s41550-017-0096⟩. ⟨cea-01887617⟩