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Table 1

Parameters used for extracting the filling factors of the umbra and penumbra and of faculae from SOHO-MDI synoptic charts of photograms and magnetograms.

Parameter Value

B Noise 50 G
B sat 450 G

limit penumbra 90% of median intensity at distance μ
limit umbra 60% of median intensity at distance μ

extraction uncertainty:
penumbra 100 ppm (≈100% in solar minimum 1996)
umbra 50 ppm (≈100% in solar minimum 1996)

latitude range μ ≥ 0.43 (low latitudes between  ± 65°)

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