Table 3.

Input parameters for the ForbMod model.

Parameter Source Section Value
GCR spectrum Force-field approximation, Gieseler et al. (2017) 3 Φ for June 2009
Diffusion coefficient D Empirical function from Potgieter (2013) with parameters from Potgieter et al. (2014) 3 Parameters for 2009
Detector response function Geant4 simulation results 2.1, 2.2 See Fig. 3
Magnetic field Bc Bmax in Wind data 4.1 Bc = 16.2 nT
Expansion factors na, nB Calculation assuming x = const. (Eq. (4))/ best fit 4.3 see Table 4
Flux rope parameters R0, a0 GCS reconstruction 4.2 R0 = 9.64 R,a0 = 1.93 R
Diffusion time (≈ transit time) In situ arrival time, Launch time: time of GCS fit 4.1, 4.2 tSolO = 99 h,tEarth = 123 h
Velocity profile Linear fit to in situ measurements at Wind 4.1 see Table 1

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