penumbral waves

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penumbral waves [pə′nəm·brəl ′wāvz]

(astronomy)

Waves that are often observed to propagate outward across the penumbrae of large sunspots when the penumbrae are viewed in the light of the Hα spectral line of hydrogen.

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