I will review observations and theory of motions either seen or thought to occur in the solar interior, covering a wide range of spatial and time scales, but focussing primarily on longer lived and larger scale patterns. I will characterize the differences in motions to be expected in three interior domains: the convection zone, the tachocline, and the radiative interior, with primary emphasis on the first two of these. I will also give some emphasis to the relationships between these motions and magnetic structures and variability in the sun.
References to start from:
Beck,J.G. 1999: A comparison of differential rotation measurements. Solar Physics, 191,47-70
Gilman,P.A. 2000:Fluid Dynamics and MHD of the solar convection zone and tachocline: current understanding and unsolved problems. Solar Physics, 192,27-48
Miesch,M 2005: Large-scale dynamics of the convection zone and tachocline, Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2, 1--137 URL:http://www.livingreviews.org/lrsp-2005-1