 |
Figure 1:
Example of intensity and binary map using a Gaussian window of
 pixels size (0.75
 )
and  pixels size (0.25
)
for the structuring element of the "Opening'' operator. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
![\begin{figure}
\par\includegraphics[width=6.8cm,clip]{aa3616f2.eps}
\end{figure}](/articles/aa/full/2003/37/aa3616/img12.gif) |
Figure 2:
Left: 3D (x,y,t) representation of the longest-lived TFG
(8 h 10 min) of our time sequence which influenced a total area of
during its life. Right: 2D time slice
of one part of the TFG where the repeatedly connected
splitting granules, indicated by horizontal arrows, are
clearly visible. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
![\begin{figure}
\par\includegraphics[width=8.8cm,clip]{figure3.ps}
\end{figure}](/articles/aa/full/2003/37/aa3616/img13.gif) |
Figure 3: Lifetime histogram of individual granules and TFGs. It is well fitted by a power law with an exponent equal to -1.72. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 4: Lifetime histograms (solid line) of granules for a set of 30 min of our time sequence (i.e. the same duration as the SOUP sequence) measured by the "string'' method (like Title et al. 1989) and by our method (dashed line). |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 5: Average radius of the TFGs as a function of time. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 6: Expansion velocity of the TFGs as a function of time. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 7: Area covered by TFGs as a function of their lifetimes. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 8: Time evolution of the area of granules belonging to TFGs living >1.5 h normalized to the total granule area. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 9: Number of granule splittings in TFGs as a function of the TFG lifetimes. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
![\begin{figure}
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\end{figure}](/articles/aa/full/2003/37/aa3616/img28.gif) |
Figure 10:
Three examples of TFGs. From left to right: TFG 15786
lasting 3 h 1 min and extending over
 ,
TFG 1299 (2 h 37 min,
 )
and TFG 1151
(1 h 28 min,
 ). |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
![\begin{figure}
\par\includegraphics[width=17.5cm,clip]{aa3616f11.eps}
\end{figure}](/articles/aa/full/2003/37/aa3616/aa3616f11.gif) |
Figure 11: Four examples of flow fields averaged over the lifetimes of 4 TFGs (8 h 10 min, 3 h 1 min, 2 h 37 min, 1 h 28 min) of our time sequence; they correspond to the longest-lived one shown in Fig. 2 and to the 3 examples of Fig. 10. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 12: Flow field averaged over 8 h 45 min. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 13: Flow field averaged over 8 h 45 min with TFG 1204 overplotted. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 14:
Example of the horizontal velocity flow field of the
longest-lived TFG (cf. Fig. 2) computed with a temporal
window of 30 min and a spatial window of 1.5
. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 15: Magnetic field (grey squares) and final position of the corks (small crosses) due to the motion of all granules. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 16: Density of granule splitting displayed in gray scale (high density = bright, low density = dark) with cork positions superimposed. |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text
 |
Figure 17:
Positions of corks superimposed on locations of large granules (diameter >1.4
)
throughout the whole series, displayed in gray scale (high density = bright, low density = dark). |
| Open with DEXTER | |
In the text