THE PROPOSED STUDY COMBINES THE ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM A CURRENT NASA SPACECRAFT (SDO) WITH NUMERICAL SIMULATION TO ADDRESS TWO OF THE HIGH LEVEL SCIENCE GOALS FROM THE HELIOPHYSICS DECADAL SURVEY: "(1) DETERMINE THE ORIGINS OF THE SUN'S ACTIVITY AND PREDICT THE VARIATIONS IN THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT" (BY UNDERSTANDING SURFACE MANIFESTATIONS OF FUTURE FLUX EMERGENCE WE GAIN INSIGHT INTO THE SOLAR DYNAMO AND THE SOLAR MAGNETIC ACTIVITY CYCLES POSSIBLY HELPING TO PREDICT THE ARRIVAL OF NEW SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS); "(4) DISCOVER AND CHARACTERIZE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES THAT OCCUR BOTH WITHIN THE HELIOSPHERE AND THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE." (FLUX EMERGENCE IS A FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT OF SOLAR MAGNETIC ACTIVITY AND PRESUMABLY OF ALL DYNAMO-ACTIVE STARS).

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