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The distribution of high energy particles in the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) region was examined. This study attempted to compare the results between UKMtrapcast and the Space Environment Information System (SPENVIS) in forecasting the distribution of high energy protons in the SAA during severe and quiet periods. Results showed that the accuracy of UKMtrapcast was around 80–90%. The maps of UKMtrapcast also indicated that during the quiet period, the flux value tended to increase and vice versa, and this phenomenon was in line with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) observations. In other words, the UKMtrapcast could perform dynamic forecasting. On the other hand, the results of SPENVIS showed a similar pattern for all particles in all periods with an inappropriate position of SAA core. These findings indicated a positive contribution opportunity for UKMtrapcast to study the Earth’s space radiation particles.
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The work was supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia with grant code 06-01-02-SF0808 and from the Ministry of Education (MoE), Malaysia with grant code FRGS/2/2013/SG02/UKM/02/3. Our gratitude is also addressed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States (US) for providing data to be used in the UKMtrapcast system, and European Space Agency (ESA) for their development of the online tool, the Space Environment Information System (SPENVIS). K. Kudela wishes to acknowledge support of APVV agency project APVV-15-0194, and support from OP RDE, MEYS, Czech Republic under the project CRREAT, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000481.
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Gusrizal, Suparta, W., Kudela, K. (2018). Comparison Between UKMtrapcast and SPENVIS in Forecasting Distribution of High Energy Protons in the SAA Region. In: Suparta, W., Abdullah, M., Ismail, M. (eds) Space Science and Communication for Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6574-3_11
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