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The Badhwar-O'Neill 2020 ModelThe Badhwar-O'Neill (BON) model has been used for some time to describe the galactic cosmic ray (GCR) environment encountered in deep space by astronauts and sensitive electronics. The most recent version of the model, BON2014, was calibrated to available measurements to reduce model errors for particles and energies of significance to astronaut exposure. Although subsequent studies showed the model to be reasonably accurate for such applications, modifications to the sunspot number (SSN) classification system and a large number of new high precision measurements suggested the need to develop an improved and more capable model. In this work, the BON2020 model is described. The new model relies on daily integral flux from the Advanced Composition Explorer Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer (ACE/CRIS) to describe solar activity. For time periods not covered by ACE/CRIS, the updated international SSN database is used. Parameters in the new model are calibrated to available data, which includes the new Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) and Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA) high-precision measurements. It is found that the BON2020 model is a significant improvement over BON2014. Systematic errors associated with BON2014 have been removed. The average relative error of the BON2020 model compared to all available measurements is found to be <1%, and BON2020 is found to be within ±15% of a large fraction of the available measurements (26,269 of 27,646 → 95%).
Document ID
20190033460
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Technical Publication (TP)
Authors
Slaba, Tony C.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Whitman, Kathryn
(Houston Univ. Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
December 9, 2019
Publication Date
November 1, 2019
Subject Category
Numerical Analysis
Report/Patent Number
NF1676L-34867
NASA/TP-2019-220419
Funding Number(s)
WBS: 089407.01.23
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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