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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig1.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$ Figure 1: Daily sunspot number (dots) versus time (day 1 is Jan. 1996, 1). The solid line represents the sunspot number smoothed over 100 days. The dashed-dotted line is the number of processed magnetograms divided by 10 for each 100 day period (starting on May 1996, 23).
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig2.ps,width=8cm}\end{figure}$ Figure 2: Top: a magnetogram for $r<0.8~R_{\odot}$ . Middle: after a 40 G threshold. Bottom: after a 25 G threshold.
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig3.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$ Figure 3: Size distribution for all structures (solid: 40 G threshold, dashed: 25 G threshold). The dotted line is a linear fit to the 40 G distribution in the 40-400 Mm² range on a log-log plot (power law).
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$\begin{figure} \par\includegraphics[width=15cm,clip]{3338fig5.ps}\end{figure}$ Figure 4: Distribution of $\vert\Phi \vert$ (top left), |B_m| (top right), $B_m/\bar{B}$ (bottom left) and $\vert\Phi \vert/A$ (bottom right) in all structures (Solid: 40 G threshold, dashed: 25 G threshold).
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$\begin{figure} \par\includegraphics[width=15.2cm,clip]{3338fig6.ps}\end{figure}$ Figure 5: Distribution of magnetic flux in all structures (resp. maximum magnetic field, ratio between maximum magnetic field and the average magnetic field over the structure and the magnetic flux density in the the structures) versus the size of the structures, for the 40 G threshold. The lines correspond to 1, 10, 100, 10³, 10⁴, $2\times 10^4$ and $3\times 10^4$ structures (from the outside to the center of each distribution).
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig4.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$ Figure 6: Top: number of structures in a longitude range [ $-10^{\circ }$ :10 $^{\circ }$ ] for area below 40 Mm² (solid line) and above 800 Mm² (dashed line, curve multiplied by 7) as a function of latitude. Middle: Average flux per structure (area below 40 Mm²) as a function of latitude. Bottom: same but for structures in the range 40-80 Mm². The small vertical lines indicate the approximate position of the curve maxima.
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig7.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$ Figure 7: Size distribution during the three phases of the cycle: cycle minimum (solid), ascending phase (dashed) and cycle maximum (dotted-dashed), for the 40 G threshold.
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig8.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$ Figure 8: Top: variation of the weighted number of structures for fluxes smaller than $3\times 10^{19}$ Mx (dotted), between $3\times 10^{19}$ and 10²¹ Mx (dashed) and above 10²¹ Mx (dotted-dashed); the thick solid line is the Wolf number. Curves are normalized to have the same average number during cycle minimum and during cycle maximum. Numbers are also normalized to the number of images in the period. Bottom: The stars represent the ratio between the number of structures at activity maximum and minimum for different ranges of flux (range of Log $\Phi =0.5$ ), and the dashed line is a linear fit over these points (in the log-linear plot. The horizontal dotted line shows the ${\rm ratio}=1$ level (reversal of the variation during the solar cycle) and the diamond point represent the result of Muller & Roudier (1984) assuming a flux of $2.5\times 10^{17}$ Mx per individual NBP.
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig9.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$ Figure 9: Magnetic flux distribution during the three phases of the cycle: cycle minimum (solid), ascending phase (dashed) and cycle maximum (dotted-dashed), for the 40 G threshold.
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig10.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$ Figure 10: Flux distribution for small magnetic features (below 40 Mm²), during the three phases of the cycle: cycle minimum (solid), ascending phase (dashed) and cycle maximum (dotted-dashed), for the 40 G threshold.
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig1.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$	Figure 1: Daily sunspot number (dots) versus time (day 1 is Jan. 1996, 1). The solid line represents the sunspot number smoothed over 100 days. The dashed-dotted line is the number of processed magnetograms divided by 10 for each 100 day period (starting on May 1996, 23).
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig2.ps,width=8cm}\end{figure}$	Figure 2: Top: a magnetogram for $r<0.8~R_{\odot}$ . Middle: after a 40 G threshold. Bottom: after a 25 G threshold.
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig3.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$	Figure 3: Size distribution for all structures (solid: 40 G threshold, dashed: 25 G threshold). The dotted line is a linear fit to the 40 G distribution in the 40-400 Mm² range on a log-log plot (power law).
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$\begin{figure} \par\includegraphics[width=15cm,clip]{3338fig5.ps}\end{figure}$	Figure 4: Distribution of $\vert\Phi \vert$ (top left), \|B_m\| (top right), $B_m/\bar{B}$ (bottom left) and $\vert\Phi \vert/A$ (bottom right) in all structures (Solid: 40 G threshold, dashed: 25 G threshold).
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig7.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$	Figure 7: Size distribution during the three phases of the cycle: cycle minimum (solid), ascending phase (dashed) and cycle maximum (dotted-dashed), for the 40 G threshold.
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig9.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$	Figure 9: Magnetic flux distribution during the three phases of the cycle: cycle minimum (solid), ascending phase (dashed) and cycle maximum (dotted-dashed), for the 40 G threshold.
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$\begin{figure} \par\psfig{figure=3338fig10.ps,width=8.8cm}\end{figure}$	Figure 10: Flux distribution for small magnetic features (below 40 Mm²), during the three phases of the cycle: cycle minimum (solid), ascending phase (dashed) and cycle maximum (dotted-dashed), for the 40 G threshold.
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