Characterization of the RV signal versus sin(i). Left: long-term variations of the signal (RV time series as produced by our simulations). Right: short-term variations of the RV signal (residuals of the original RV data minus the 30-day averaged RV). From top to bottom: peak-to-peak amplitude of the RV signal, RV dispersion (rms), ratio of the amplitudes of the spot+facula RV to the total RV, and ratio of the rms of these two signals as a function of sin(i). On the two top panels, the spot+facula (dotted line), convective (dashed line) and total RV (solid line) are also displayed as a function of sin(i).