Authors: James Crowley (National Solar Observatory; CU Boulder), Cooper Downs (Predictive Science Inc.), Don Schmit (CIRES), Caroline Evans (National Solar Observatory; CU Boulder)

Over the past few years, a new wave of high-resolution solar telescopes and in-situ observations have revealed complicated and dynamic interactions between the Sun’s surface, magnetic field, and the inner heliosphere. To probe these connections, we use a state of the art global MHD simulation with a data-driven lower boundary condition supplied by vector magnetograms from HMI and Hinode/SP inversions. In this poster, I will explain our process in creating and validating the Hinode/SP magnetograms, as well as aligning them with HMI magnetograms. I also present interesting findings about the retrieved magnetic properties, such as the open magnetic flux, between Hinode/SP and HMI vector magnetograms. Finally, I present conclusions from the simulated Corona and Solar Wind when driving the MHD model with different resolutions of magnetic boundary conditions.