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We present a subset of multi-wavelengths observations obtained with theJapanese Hinode mission, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), and the VacuumTower Telescope (VTT) at Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife, Spain during thetime period from 2010 November 18-23. Horizontal proper motions were derivedfrom G-band and Ca II H images, whereas line-of-sight velocities were extractedfrom VTT Echelle H-alpha 656.28 nm spectra and Fe I 630.25 nm spectral data ofthe Hinode/Spectro-Polarimeter, which also provided three-dimensional magneticfield information. The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on board SDO providedcontinuum images and line-of-sight magnetograms as context for thehigh-resolution observations for the entire disk passage of the active region.  We have performed a quantitative study of photospheric and chromospheric flowfields in and around decaying sunspots. In one of the trailing sunspots ofactive region NOAA 11126, we observed moat flow and moving magnetic features(MMFs), even after its penumbra had decayed. We also noticed a superpenumbralstructure around this pore. MMFs follow well-defined, radial paths from thespot all the way to the border of a supergranular cell surrounding the spot. Incontrast, flux emergence near the other sunspot prevented it from establishingsuch well ordered flow patterns, which could even be observed around a tinypore of just 2 Mm diameter. After the disappearance of the sunspots/pores acoherent patch of abnormal granulation remained at their location, which wascharacterized by more uniform horizontal proper motions, low divergence values,and diminished photospheric Doppler velocities. This region, thus, differssignificantly from granulation and other areas covered by G-band bright points.We conclude that this peculiar flow pattern is a signature of sunspot decay andthe dispersal of magnetic flux.

Horizontal flow fields observed in Hinode G-band images II. Flow fields in the final stages of sunspot decay