A Rossby-wave dynamo for the sun, I
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Peter A. Gilman
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Article
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1969
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Springer
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English
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There is increasing interest in the possible existence of large horizontally flowing eddies or 'Rossby waves' in the sun's convection zone and photosphere. We present here and in Part II a mathematical model which shows that flows of this type, driven by an assumed latitudinal temperature gradient,