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Table 2 Dimensions extracted from the accelerometer data

From: Inferring an animal’s environment through biologging: quantifying the environmental influence on animal movement

Name

Formula

Description

x

x

raw accelerometer reading in the x axis

y

y

raw accelerometer reading in the y axis

z

z

raw accelerometer reading in the z axis

rxyz

\( \left\Vert \begin{array}{c}x\\ {}y\\ {}z\end{array}\right\Vert \)

magnitude of resultant vector

rxy

\( \left\Vert \begin{array}{c}x\\ {}y\end{array}\right\Vert \)

magnitude of resultant vector in x,y plane

rxz

\( \left\Vert \begin{array}{c}x\\ {}z\end{array}\right\Vert \)

magnitude of resultant vector in x,z plane

ryz

\( \left\Vert \begin{array}{c}y\\ {}z\end{array}\right\Vert \)

magnitude of resultant vector in y,z plane

ϑxy

\( \arctan \left(\frac{y}{x}\right) \)

angle of resultant vector in x,y plane

ϑxz

\( \arctan \left(\frac{z}{x}\right) \)

angle of resultant vector in x,z plane

ϑyz

\( \arctan \left(\frac{z}{y}\right) \)

angle of resultant vector in y,z plane

ϑz

\( \arctan \left(\frac{z}{\left\Vert \begin{array}{c}x\\ {}y\end{array}\right\Vert}\right) \)

angle of resultant vector with x,y plane collapsed to 1 line

ϑy

\( \arctan \left(\frac{y}{\left\Vert \begin{array}{c}x\\ {}z\end{array}\right\Vert}\right) \)

angle of resultant vector with x,z plane collapsed to 1 line

ϑx

\( \arctan \left(\frac{x}{\left\Vert \begin{array}{c}y\\ {}z\end{array}\right\Vert}\right) \)

angle of resultant vector with y,z plane collapsed to 1 line

Ωx

\( \arcsin \left(\frac{yz}{\left\Vert \begin{array}{c}x\\ {}y\\ {}0\end{array}\left\Vert \begin{array}{c}\\ {}\\ {}\end{array}\right\Vert \begin{array}{c}x\\ {}0\\ {}z\end{array}\right\Vert}\right) \)

solid angle of resultant pyramid base projected along x axis

Ωy

\( \arcsin \left(\frac{xz}{\left\Vert \begin{array}{c}x\\ {}y\\ {}0\end{array}\left\Vert \begin{array}{c}\\ {}\\ {}\end{array}\right\Vert \begin{array}{c}0\\ {}y\\ {}z\end{array}\right\Vert}\right) \)

solid angle of resultant pyramid base projected along y axis

Ωz

\( \arcsin \left(\frac{xy}{\left\Vert \begin{array}{c}x\\ {}0\\ {}z\end{array}\left\Vert \begin{array}{c}\\ {}\\ {}\end{array}\right\Vert \begin{array}{c}0\\ {}y\\ {}z\end{array}\right\Vert}\right) \)

solid angle of resultant pyramid base projected along z axis

Vxyz

xyz

volume of resultant cuboid

Ax

yz

area of resultant pyramid base projected along x axis

Ay

xz

area of resultant pyramid base projected along y axis

Az

xy

area of resultant pyramid base projected along z axis

Axyz

\( \frac{1}{2}\left\Vert \left[\begin{array}{c}x\\ {}y\\ {}0\end{array}\right]\times \left[\begin{array}{c}x\\ {}0\\ {}z\end{array}\right]\right\Vert \)

area of resultant triangle