Solar Active Region Evolution Comparing Models With Observations: Comparing Models With Observations Proceedings of Fourteenth International Summer Workshop, National Solar Observ Book

	Preface
	Workshop Participants
	Group Photograph
	Active Regions on the Sun	1
	Latitude Dependence of Solar Activity From a Statistical Study of Flares from 1938 to 1992	17
	Wavelet Analysis of Active Regions	24
	Volume Reconstruction of Magnetic Fields using Solar Imagery	30
	RISE/PSPT as an Experiment to Study Active Region Irradiance and Luminosity Evolution	37
	Solar Irradiance and Luminosity Variations from Active Regions	43
	Movies of and Comments on the Organization of Flows and Fields in Active Regions	44
	Modeling Solar Magnetoconvection	45
	Three-Dimensional Compressible Magnetoconvection	56
	A Study of Small Scale Features in Compressible Magnetoconvection	62
	Downflow Plumes in the Solar Convection Zone	69
	A Possible Siphon Flow Associated with Emergence of New Flux	75
	Long-Lived Convective Flows in Quiet and Active Regions	78
	Kinematic Modeling of Magnetic Field Diffusion at the Solar Surface	87
	Solar Magnetic Elements: Models Compared with Observations	96
	Production of Magnetic Flux Bundles For Solar Activity By Cascade of Energy in Global Torsional MHD Waves	102
	Convective Turbulence and Mixing in Penetrative Convection	107
	Convection and Magnetic Fields	108
	Models of Rising Active Region Flux Tubes	109
	Dynamics of Flux Tube Ensembles	118
	Direct Measurements of Fluxtube Inclinations in Plages	131
	Emerging Flux Tube Geometry and Sunspot Proper Motions	138
	Evidence for Twisted Emerging Flux in NOAA AR 7260	145
	Time-Dependent Petschek-Type Reconnection Model for Solar Flares	149
	Dynamics of Small Flux Tubes	157
	Role of Electric Currents in Magnetic Flux Tube Physics	158
	Electric Current Systems in Solar Active Regions	171
	Current Filaments Induced in a Resistive Corona by Continuous Footpoint Motions	180
	Magnetic Coronal Heating and Global Restructuring of the Coronal Magnetic Field by Reconnective Relaxation	194
	Motions of Loops and Ribbons of Two-Ribbon Flares	202
	Numerical Simulations of Magnetic Reconnection in 3-D	210
	The Generation of Solar Magnetic Activity	211
	The Asymptotic Behavior of Force-Free Magnetic-Field Configurations	219
	Deducing Coronal Magnetic Fields from Vector Magnetograms	225
	Photospheric Magnetic Field Measurement Errors and the Inferred Properties of Coronal Magnetic Fields	233
	A Method for Reconstructing the Coronal Magnetic Field from Vector Magnetograph Measurements at the Photosphere	240
	Magnetic Configuration of a Short-Lived Delta Spot	244
	Evolution and Disruption of Magnetic Arcades	251
	On the Role of Separatrices and Separators of Coronal Magnetic Fields in Solar Flares	258
	Simultaneous Filter and Spectrograph Observations of Active Regions with the Advanced Stokes Polarimeter	262
	Active Region Development: Results from the JHU/APL Vector Magnetograph	263
	Observational Criteria for Filament Models	264
	Observations of Active Region Dynamics: Preflare Flows and Field Observations	265
	Observations of Flows around Sunspot Groups	283
	Flow Patterns in Active Regions	286
	Magnetic Field Strength and Filling Factor Sensitivity of the MgI 12 [mu]m Infrared Lines in Solar Plage	294
	An Analytical Model for Fluted Sunspots, and its Relation with Evershed Flow and X-Ray Anemone	300
	Integrated Force-Balance Equations for the Magnetic Field in Spherical Geometry	307
	The Discrete Nature of the Variable Emission in Active Region Loops	314
	Structures in Transition Region Plasma of Active Regions	321
	The NIXT and SWATH Experiments	329
	Are Flares Necessary?	335
	Rapid Sunspot Motion Associated with Large Solar Flares	336
	A Correlation Between Sunspot Whirls and Filament Type	337
	Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Corona	338
	Coronal Structures in Active Regions: Quantitative Results from Multi-Wavelength Observations and Comparisons with Models	356
	A Multiband Study of Radio Emission from Solar Active Regions	369
	Are X-Ray Bright Points the Signature of Magnetic Field Reconnection?	377
	Analysis of Chromospheric Proxies of Coronal Bright Points	389
	A Study of Active Region Magnetic Fields Using Radio, X-ray and Optical Observations	395
	Magnetic Field Observations of Active Region Prominences	403
	Can Coronal Magnetic Structures be Quasi-Static?	409
	Filament Tether Cutting Before a Major Eruptive Flare	411
	Small-Scale Brightening Events in H[alpha] and Soft X-rays in Active Regions	412
	Comments and Perspectives	413
	Author Index	420