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The Mg ii h line in sunspot umbrae

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Observations of the Mgii h line in the umbrae of five sunspots show a spread of a factor of 3 in peak intensity. This range is larger than, and brackets, the range found in a single umbra by Lites and Skumanich (1982).

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  1. Applied Research Corporation, U.S.A.

    J. B. Gurman

  2. Solar Maximum Mission Experimenters Operations Facility, Goddard Space Flight Center, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, U.S.A.

    J. B. Gurman

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Gurman, J.B. The Mg ii h line in sunspot umbrae. Sol Phys 90, 13–15 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153780

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