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Table 3

Peak temperatures, mean areas, and F-test results for constancy of flare area over time.

Flare# Tflare
(K)
Aflare
(ppm)
Relative area change
(%)
p value Method I
(erg)
Method II
(erg)
1 5700 ± 450 210± 120 17 0.15 (3.9 ± 2.1) × 1031 (1.9 ± 0.5) × 1032
2 13900± 1900 370 ± 180 33 0.13 (1.9 ± 0.9) × 1032 (9.4 ± 2.6) × 1031
3 6400 ± 1800 150 ± 90 43 0.49 (2.1 ± 1.3) × 1031 (1.9 ± 0.6) × 1031
4 10 100 ± 2300 230 ±120 10 0.64 (1.2 ± 0.6) × 1032 (1.2 ± 0.3) × 1032
5 11100±3150 220 ± 140 61 0.24 (6.1 ± 3.9) × 1031 (4.4 ± 1.2) × 1031
6 17 500 ± 10000 50 ± 30 33 0.57 (2.0 ± 1.3) × 1031 (8.3 ± 3.8) × 1031
7 9200 ± 1450 300 ± 150 51 0.45 (2.5 ± 1.2) × 1031 (3.9 ± 0.8) × 1031

8 10200 ± 1350 7600 ± 3000 13 0.38 (5.4 ± 2.2) × 1033 (4.2 ± 1.2) × 1033
9 7000±3100 440 ± 240 18 0.63 (5.5 ± 3.0) × 1032 (7.5 ± 1.9) × 1032
10 31500 ± 10050 3200 ± 1200 14 0.46 (1.2 ± 0.5) × 1035 (4.2 ± 1.0) × 1034
11 18 200 ± 2850 2900 ± 1200 41 0.07 (2.8 ± 1.2) × 1034 (2.6 ± 0.6) × 1034
12 15400±3550 4700 ± 1400 19 0.11 (7.4 ± 2.7) × 1034 (6.2 ± 1.5) × 1034
13 12600 ± 7050 410± 160 27 0.14 (1.3 ± 0.6) × 1033 (1.6 ± 0.4) × 1033
14 7500 ± 2350 380 ± 200 39 0.21 (3.3 ± 1.7) × 1031 (4.6 ± 0.6) × 1031
15 12 500 ± 2650 2200 ± 1500 10 0.51 (1.0 ± 0.7) × 1035 (7.0 ± 1.7) × 1034

Notes. The p value of the F-statistic shows whether the slope of the regression is statistically significant, meaning whether the flare area changes over time. The relative area change below Flare 7 separates our observed flares from the data presented in Howard et al. (2020).

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