Network

From Glossary of Meteorology



network

System of small and mottled areas of enhanced brightness in the solar chromosphere.

Their size varies from 5 to 20 arc-seconds. These features evolve from the plage areas and, like the plage, their number and intensity varies with the solar cycle. Also referred to as enhanced network, active network, and bright network.


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