THE INTERNAL SOLAR ROTATION RATE INFERRED FROM COMBINED GONG AND LOWLDATA

Frequency splittings derived from the first 4 months of GONG data and from the 2 yr average of the LOWL data in the form of the Clebsch-Gord on coefficients are analyzed. The results show that the equatorial rot ation rate is essentially ''flat'' (i.e., independent of radius) for 0 .2 < R/R. < 0.6. They also indicate an increase in the rotation rate a t high latitudes (of similar to 15% at latitude 60 for R/R. < 0.4), bu t it is emphasized that this result is a property of the data sets and should not be regarded as a property of the Sun without independent c onfirmation.