**Model Coupling Science Agenda**
To improve the realism of modeling active region flux emergence and work towards simulating realistic solar eruptive events, HAO is hosted a workshop focusing on model coupling and data driven numerical simulations. Near surface layer radiation MHD simulations of active region formation driven by lower boundary conditions of emerging flux from a solar convective dynamo simulation are able to model sunspot and active region formation with realistic properties of the observed solar active regions. Methods of using observed time sequences of vector magnetograms to drive simulations of realistic solar eruptive events in the corona are being explored and developed. This workshop brought together modelers and observers to review recent results and to discuss methodologies and future directions. The following are some of the questions that were addressed:
The aim was to encourage useful and effective discussions on this subject. The format of the workshop was informal consisting of oral presentations and open discussion sessions.
Conference Venue: NCAR Mesa Lab Auditorium
Workshop SOC:
Matthias Rempel (HAO/NCAR)
Yuhong Fan (HAO/NCAR)
Chaowei Jiang (Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China)
Maria Kazachenko (SSL/UC Berkeley, CU/NSO)
Mark Cheung (LMSAL)
Mark Linton (NRL)
Tibor Toeroek (PSI)