  We explore model performance for the Alfven Wave Solar atmosphere Model
(AWSoM) with near-real-time (NRT) synoptic maps of the photospheric vector
magnetic field. These maps, produced by assimilating data from the Helioseismic
Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), use a
different method developed at the National Solar Observatory (NSO) to provide a
near contemporaneous source of data to drive numerical models. Here, we apply
these NSO-HMI-NRT maps to simulate three Carrington rotations (CRs): 2107-2108
(centered on 2011/03/07 20:12 CME event), 2123 (integer CR) and 2218--2219
(centered on 2019/07/2 solar eclipse), which together cover a wide range of
activity level for solar cycle 24. We show simulation results, which reproduce
both extreme ultraviolet emission (EUV) from the low corona while
simultaneously matching in situ observations at 1 au as well as quantify the
total unsigned open magnetic flux from these maps.
