Comparing solar wind data collected by MESSENGER spacecraft to simulation data by AWSoM model

Ana Peruza1, Gangkai Poh2, Zhenguang Huang3, Nishtha Sachdeva4, Rayta Pradata5, Ryan M. Dewey6, Wei-Jie Sun7, Bart van der Holst4, James A Slavin8, Gina A DiBraccio6 and Xianzhe Jia9, (1)George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)University of Michigan-AOSS, Ann Arbor, United States, (4)University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (5)Bard College at Simon's Rock, Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing, Great Barrington, MA, United States, (6)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, (7)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (8)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (9)University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States