EGU26-12938, updated on 14 Mar 2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-12938
EGU General Assembly 2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Poster | Thursday, 07 May, 08:30–10:15 (CEST), Display time Thursday, 07 May, 08:30–12:30
 
Hall X4, X4.158
Measured energy exchange in coronal hole solar wind from its solar origins to the heliosphere
Yeimy Rivera1 and the 2024 Solar Eclipse Coordination Team*
Yeimy Rivera and the 2024 Solar Eclipse Coordination Team
  • 1Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, United States of America (yeimy.rivera@cfa.harvard.edu)
  • *A full list of authors appears at the end of the abstract

The 2024 total solar eclipse over North America provided a multi-perspective view of the Sun and solar wind through combined ground (DKIST, Mauna Loa Solar Observatory UCoMP and K-Cor) and space (Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter, LASCO, Hinode) -based remote and in situ observations. Through a multi-mission coordinated effort, we examine near-contemporaneous and multi-wavelength observations of the corona to derive detailed plasma conditions and magnetic field properties used to compute an energy budget of an equatorial coronal hole. The remote properties of nascent coronal hole wind are connected to its heliospheric counterpart sampled by Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter during a fortuitous spacecraft alignment. Together, the Alfvén wave, enthalpy, kinetic, and gravitational energy fluxes of a single solar wind stream can be traced from deep in the corona (subsonic regime), across the Alfvén surface and beyond, providing critical constraints to the mass and energy flow in the atmosphere of our star.  Our main results show that a hydrodynamic framework with added Alfvén wave forcing accurately describes radial solar wind observations. Comparisons between measured magnetic and velocity fluctuations and the radial scaling of the WKB approximation indicate significant dissipation below the Alfvén surface. 

2024 Solar Eclipse Coordination Team:

Jenna Samra, Momchil Molnar, Zihao Yang, Jasper Halekas, Alin Razvan Paraschiv, Ryan French, Eric Buchlin, Samuel T. Badman, Deborah Baker, Judit Szente, Jesse Coburn Luca Franci, Richard Frazin, Alberto Marcos Vásquez Schubert, Enrico Landi, Federico Nuevo, Cooper Downs, Roberto Susino, Marco Romoli, Tom Schad, Giulio Del Zanna, Ben Berkey, Paul Bryans, Joan Burkepile, Edward DeLuca, Giuliana de Toma, Miho Janvier, Dana Lacatus, Chad Madsen, Kevin Reardon, Alexandra Tritschler, Michael Stevens, Stuart Bale, Christopher J Owen, Timothy S Horbury, Manolis Georgoulis, Pete Riley, Nour Raouafi, Shaela Jones, Tae Kim

How to cite: Rivera, Y. and the 2024 Solar Eclipse Coordination Team: Measured energy exchange in coronal hole solar wind from its solar origins to the heliosphere, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-12938, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-12938, 2026.