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160 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10010, United States
Katepalli Sreenivasan will describe what is known about the convective phenomena in the sun using results from basic turbulence modeling, numerical simulations, as well as helioseismology. He will then focus on a few outstanding problems.
October 12–14, 2026
October 14, 2026
6–7 p.m. ET
Speaker
Shep Doeleman
October 21, 2026
6–7 p.m. ET
Speaker
Sonya Hanson
