Fig. 2.

Top: meridional circulation (given as its Reynolds numbers) at the top (blue) and bottom (red) of the convection zone associated with rotation laws shown in Fig. 1. Negative values at the surface of the northern hemisphere indicate a circulation pattern directed towards the poles (counterclockwise flow). Bottom: similar to Fig. 1 but with meridional circulation included. Positive H(1) values lead to solar-type acceleration of the equator (left panel). The (slow) counterclockwise meridional flow H(1) = 0 leads to a weak antisolar-type equatorial deceleration (middle panel). The right panels of Figs. 1 and 2 formally demonstrate the possibility of antisolar rotation laws to produce antisolar rotation laws with negative H(1).
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