The 0.5 day averaged fluxes (in cm⁻² s⁻¹ sr⁻¹ MeV⁻¹) as deduced from SAC-C data as a function of time for a period of 150 days (blue continuous lines) for two position bins L = 3.2–3.4, B = 0.22–0.46 G (upper panel) and L = 4.8–5.0, B = 0.22–0.46 G (lower panel). The discontinuous horizontal blue lines give the SAC-C fluxes averaged over the 150 day time interval. The model results for 150 days of simulated data (0.5 day averaged date: green continuous line, 150 days averaged data: green discontinuous line) are superposed on the graph.