Movement Ecology

Table 2 Statistics of the difference of the vertical velocity obtained using LES and simplified models for the Wyoming and Pennsylvania regions shown in Figs. 10 and 11

From: A three-dimensional model of terrain-induced updrafts for movement ecology studies

Model	Height AGL	Wyoming				Pennsylvania
		8 m/s		15 m/s		8 m/s		15 m/s
		μ	σ	μ	σ	μ	σ	μ	σ
BO04	30 m	0.17	0.20	0.31	0.36	0.04	0.44	0.00	0.93
Proposed	30 m	0.03	0.08	0.05	0.15	− 0.09	0.37	− 0.22	0.79
BO04	80 m	0.28	0.28	0.53	0.53	0.23	0.52	0.37	0.99
Proposed	80 m	0.01	0.07	0.03	0.13	− 0.11	0.32	− 0.25	0.67
BO04	160 m	0.37	0.33	0.70	0.66	0.48	0.68	0.85	1.26
Proposed	160 m	− 0.02	0.05	0.01	0.10	− 0.17	0.28	− 0.36	0.57

For the statistics presented, only regions of modeled positive vertical velocity are considered. Mean \(\mu\) and standard deviation \(\sigma\) given in units of m/s

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