27–31 Oct 2025
Europe/Stockholm timezone

Assessing the performance of PFSS based coronal modelling in reconstructing the evolution of recurring coronal holes using remote sensing and in situ observations

27 Oct 2025, 13:30
15m
Tonsalen

Tonsalen

Oral CD5 - Open Validation in Space Weather Modeling CD5 - Open Validation in Space Weather Modeling

Speaker

Eleanna Asvestari (University of Helsinki)

Description

Recurring Coronal Holes (CHs) are long-lived structures in the solar corona that survive over multiple solar rotations. They are generating high speed solar wind streams that can have a recurring geoeffective impact. For our study we employ the Potential Field Source Surface (PFSS) and the Schatten Current Sheet (SCS) models incorporated in the coronal modelling domain of EUHFORIA (European Heliospheric Forecasting Information Asset). We evaluate the model efficiency in reconstructing the area of open field associated with 16 recurring CHs and we attempt to study their vertical structure and assess how it changes with each rotation. We determine the optimal parameter space for model initiation for each CH, compare the model output both to EUV and coronagraph white-light emissions, and assess the reconstructed heliospheric plasma and magnetic field conditions using in situ measurements from different positions throughout the inner heliosphere.

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Primary author

Eleanna Asvestari (University of Helsinki)

Co-authors

Daniel Milosic (University of Graz) Ezgi Gulay (University of Helsinki) Jens Pomoell (University of Helsinki, Finland) Manuela Temmer (Institute of Physics, University of Graz, Austria) Stephan G. Heinemann (University of Graz, Institute of Physics)

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