Global Modeling of Heavy Ions in the Solar Corona and Inner Heliosphere with Multi-Ion-AWSoM

The goal of this study is to narrow down the uncertainties global modeling and PFSS back-tracing introduces when source regions are identified for in-situ data collections. We use the Space Weather Modeling Framework's Multi-Ion Alfven Wave Solar atmosphere Model with non-equilibrium ionization of heavy ions (NEI) to connect the remote sensing and in-situ signatures of solar wind properties from formation into the heliosphere. We use the NEI resulting charge state distributions and in-situ plasma properties to identify and connect source regions and their relating spectral emission signatures. The advantage of 3D modeling is that it enables data decomposition along the line-of-sight and study the effect of individual processes that result in the synthetic and actual observables.