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Table 2 Average bias and SD estimated by GeoLight and FLightR for simulated stationary tags at 5° N and 55° N. GeoLight calibration was done by July twilights

From: A hidden Markov model for reconstructing animal paths from solar geolocation loggers using templates for light intensity

Month

5

55

Latitude

Longitude

Latitude

Longitude

GeoLight

FLightR

GeoLight

FLightR

GeoLight

FLightR

GeoLight

FLightR

Mean bias

SD

Mean bias

SD

Mean bias

SD

Mean bias

SD

Mean bias

SD

Mean bias

SD

Mean bias

SD

Mean bias

SD

1

0.13

2.52

−0.03

0.33

−1.05

0.97

0

0.13

0.91

1.63

−0.09

0.26

−0.65

1.74

0.05

0.29

2

0.65

3.57

−0.04

0.28

−1.15

0.83

0

0.13

0.54

3.40

−0.10

0.23

−0.94

1.64

0.04

0.27

3

2.23

10.86

−0.03

0.33

−0.99

0.82

0

0.13

0.85

10.96

−0.09

0.26

−0.93

1.50

0.05

0.29

4

−0.01

6.03

−0.04

0.31

−1.04

0.77

0

0.13

−0.22

2.25

−0.09

0.25

−1.23

1.72

0.04

0.28

5

−0.13

2.46

−0.03

0.33

−0.95

0.83

0

0.13

−0.55

1.68

−0.09

0.27

−1.29

2.47

0.05

0.30

6

−0.64

1.76

−0.04

0.31

−1.15

0.91

0

0.13

−0.90

1.02

−0.09

0.25

−0.63

2.02

0.04

0.28

7

−0.60

2.42

−0.03

0.33

−1.10

0.94

0

0.13

−0.56

1.19

−0.09

0.26

−0.90

1.97

0.05

0.29

8

−0.08

4.74

−0.03

0.33

−1.12

0.99

0

0.13

−0.90

1.62

−0.09

0.26

−1.11

1.43

0.05

0.29

9

3.63

7.88

−0.04

0.31

−1.05

1.02

0

0.13

−2.41

3.59

−0.09

0.25

−0.69

1.46

0.04

0.28

10

0.82

6.45

−0.03

0.33

−1.11

0.67

0

0.13

2.75

8.07

−0.09

0.26

−1.10

1.34

0.05

0.29

11

−0.74

2.82

−0.04

0.31

−0.69

0.86

0

0.13

1.01

2.02

−0.09

0.25

−1.28

1.60

0.04

0.28

12

0.70

2.01

−0.03

0.32

−1.15

0.81

0

0.13

0.76

1.53

−0.09

0.26

−1.15

1.95

0.05

0.29