We present the results of a study on the north-south asymmetry of solar filaments at low（〈50°） and high（〉60°） latitudes using daily filament numbers from January 1998 to November 2008（solar cycle 23）...We present the results of a study on the north-south asymmetry of solar filaments at low（〈50°） and high（〉60°） latitudes using daily filament numbers from January 1998 to November 2008（solar cycle 23）. It is found that the northern hemisphere is dominant at low latitudes for cycle 23. However, a similar asymmetry does not occur for solar filaments at high latitudes. The present study indicates that the hemispheric asymmetry of solar filaments at high latitudes in a cycle appears to have little connection with that at low latitudes. Our results support that the observed magnetic fields at high latitudes include two components： one comes from the emergence of the magnetic fields from the solar interior and the other comes from the drift of the magnetic activity at low latitudes.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘We present the results of a study on the north-south asymmetry of solar filaments at low（〈50°） and high（〉60°） latitudes using daily filament numbers from January 1998 to November 2008（solar cycle 23）. It is found that the northern hemisphere is dominant at low latitudes for cycle 23. However, a similar asymmetry does not occur for solar filaments at high latitudes. The present study indicates that the hemispheric asymmetry of solar filaments at high latitudes in a cycle appears to have little connection with that at low latitudes. Our results support that the observed magnetic fields at high latitudes include two components： one comes from the emergence of the magnetic fields from the solar interior and the other comes from the drift of the magnetic activity at low latitudes.
