Project Grant 2229566

This three-year, $598,184 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into understanding solar wind structures and turbulence and their interaction through the heliosphere. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), the award will analyze data from remote sensing observations and in-situ satellite measurements to address how coronal properties shape solar wind observations and how structures like coronal hole streams and current sheets modify turbulence properties during radial propagation. The University of California, Los Angeles will combine 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations with long-term multi-satellite data to shed light on physical mechanisms determining how turbulence is modified by structures. Dr. Olga Panasenco of Advanced Heliophysics will serve as a co-investigator, contributing expertise in calculating coronal magnetic fields and interpreting in-situ observations to support the remote sensing data analysis over the three year period.