Comparing Flows in the Near-Surface Shear Layer Inferred from Ring-Diagram Analyses of GONG and HMI

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Bogart, Charles S. Baldner, Sarbani Basu, Rachel Howe, and 3 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9570599/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 4 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract We report on a comprehensive comparison of ring-diagram analyses of data from HMI and GONG, exploring the implications of the fundamental and elective differences in the GONG and HMI pipelines for ring-diagram flow determinations. The aim is to characterize any systematic differences in measurements of subsurface flows from the GONG pipeline and the HMI pipeline and to explore their origins. Ring-Diagrams Near-Surface Shear Layer Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. 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