SOLAR-CYCLE CHANGES IN THE HIGH-FREQUENCY SPECTRUM

We present observations of high frequency, intermediate degree, Ca-K l ine solar intensity oscillations. We compare the peak frequencies dete rmined from these 1991.4 observations with the peak frequencies from 1 987.9 South Pole observations (Duvall et al., 1991) in that portion of the spatio-temporal diagram where the two datasets overlap (degrees b etween 30 and 150 and frequencies between 4 and 6.6 mHz). We find that temporal changes are detectable in the high frequency spectrum and ar e particularly large near 5.4 mHz. The m-averaged high frequency peaks decreased in frequency in 1991.4 compared to the peak frequencies mea sured in 1987.9. The magnitude of the frequency shift is of the order of 10 muHz near 5.4 mHz, increases with degree, and decreases to near zero both above and below 5.4 mHz. It is unlikely that these temporal changes in the high frequency spectrum are due to a change in the heig ht of the subphotospheric acoustic source layer. A physical mechanism for these frequency shifts has not yet been identified.