J/A+A/587/A29ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/587/A29doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.35870029CDSSudar D.Saar S.H.Skokic I.Poljancic Beljan I.Brajsa R.2016-02-15T06:56:27Z2016-02-15T07:55:31ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frthe-sunIt is possible to detect and track coronal bright points (CBPs) in Solar Dynamics Observatory / Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (SDO/AIA) images. A combination of high resolution and high cadence provides a wealth of data that can be used to determine velocity flows on the solar surface with very high accuracy. We derived a very accurate solar rotation profile and investigated meridional flows, torsional oscillations, and horizontal Reynolds stress based on ~6 months of SDO/AIA data. We used a segmentation algorithm to detect CBPs in SDO/AIA images. We also used invariance of the solar rotation profile with central meridian distance (CMD) to determine the height of CBPs in the 19.3nm channel. The best fit solar rotation profile is given by {omega}(b)=(14.4060+/-0.0051+(-1.662+/-0.050)sin^2^b+ (-2.742+/-0.081)sin^4^b){deg}/day. The height of CBPs in the SDO/AIA 19.3nm channel was found to be ~6500km. Meridional motion is predominantly poleward for all latitudes, while solar velocity residuals show signs of torsional oscillations. Horizontal Reynolds stress was found to be smaller than in similar works, but still showed transfer of angular momentum towards the solar equator. Most of the results are consistent with Doppler measurements rather than tracer measurements. The fairly small calculated value of horizontal Reynolds stress might be due to the particular phase of the solar cycle. Accuracy of the calculated rotation profile indicates that it is possible to measure changes in the profile as the solar cycle evolves. Analysis of further SDO/AIA CBP data will also provide a better understanding of the temporal behaviour of the rotation velocity residuals, meridional motions, and Reynolds stress.2016A&A...587A..29Shttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/587/A29CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic servicehttps://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/587/A29https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/587/A29http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/587/A29https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/587/A29https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/587/A29http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/587/A29GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapdefaultJ/A+A/587/A29/table1Time in JD and position of CBPs in pixelsrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintJDJulian Date of observation (JD-2450000.0)dtime.epochdoubleIDID number of CBPmeta.id;meta.mainlongxPosx position of CBP in pixelspixpos.cartesian.xdoubleyPosy position of CBP in pixelspixpos.cartesian.ydouble