Table 1. Summary statistics for 68th and 95th percentiles of spatial errors (and their latitudinal and longitudinal components) associated with each Argos Location Class (LC) for Kalman-filtered Argos telemetry data, collected from bearded seals (N = 6) and ringed seals (N = 10) between 19th July 2011 and 18th April 2013 along the west coast of Svalbard.
Argos location class | 68th percentile | 95th percentile | Fitted T Distribution parameters | ||||||||||||
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N | Distance (km) | Latitude | Longitude | Distance (km) | Latitude | Longitude | Distance | Latitude | Longitude | ||||||
Theta | DF | Theta | DF | Theta | DF | ||||||||||
Bearded seals | |||||||||||||||
3 | 10 | 0.58 | 0.25 | 0.40 | 0.82 | 0.53 | 0.79 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2 | 37 | 0.61 | 0.44 | 0.34 | 1.33 | 1.09 | 0.84 | 0.30 | 4.63 | 0.27 | 2.18 | 0.21 | 1.73 | ||
1 | 40 | 1.14 | 0.86 | 0.62 | 2.19 | 2.01 | 1.27 | 0.45 | 2.59 | 0.55 | 2.18 | 0.62 | 9.13 | ||
0 | 37 | 2.42 | 1.89 | 1.47 | 4.63 | 3.64 | 2.96 | 1.05 | 10.01 | 1.78 | 50.21 | 1.47 | 1.56 | ||
A | 222 | 1.38 | 0.84 | 0.89 | 5.61 | 2.77 | 3.63 | 0.46 | 1.27 | 0.69 | 1.91 | 0.64 | 1.75 | ||
B | 1938 | 2.00 | 1.31 | 1.17 | 4.61 | 3.58 | 3.36 | 0.90 | 2.63 | 1.05 | 2.55 | 0.94 | 2.64 | ||
Ringed Seals | |||||||||||||||
3 | 16 | 0.47 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.92 | 0.69 | 0.77 | 0.10 | 0.57 | 0.15 | 0.66 | 0.16 | 0.68 | ||
2 | 29 | 0.74 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 1.47 | 1.35 | 0.88 | - | - | 0.44 | 3.18 | - | - | ||
1 | 28 | 1.56 | 1.24 | 0.77 | 2.67 | 2.15 | 1.58 | 0.80 | 9.28 | 1.30 | 3.93 | 0.83 | 7.07 | ||
0 | 14 | 2.58 | 1.83 | 1.70 | 26.43 | 26.13 | 5.65 | 0.85 | 1.00 | 0.78 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 1.15 | ||
A | 174 | 1.65 | 1.12 | 0.99 | 4.90 | 2.78 | 3.71 | 0.69 | 1.74 | 0.77 | 1.85 | 0.69 | 1.72 | ||
B | 2014 | 2.04 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 5.75 | 4.16 | 4.13 | 0.78 | 1.42 | 0.88 | 1.51 | 0.90 | 1.66 | ||
Combined | |||||||||||||||
3 | 26 | 0.57 (0.51, 0.49) | 0.26 | 0.36 | 0.96 | 0.82 | 0.91 | 0.15 | 0.87 | 0.18 | 0.92 | 0.17 | 0.81 | ||
2 | 66 | 0.74(0.67, 1.01) | 0.45 | 0.43 | 1.47 | 1.31 | 0.89 | 0.36 | 6.73 | 0.34 | 2.53 | 0.39 | 8.35 | ||
1 | 68 | 1.32 (1.02, 1.20) | 1.00 | 0.64 | 2.67 | 2.10 | 1.48 | 0.61 | 4.34 | 0.79 | 3.56 | 0.71 | 14.19 | ||
0 | 51 | 2.42 (4.15, 4.18) | 1.88 | 1.61 | 4.67 | 3.73 | 3.07 | 0.85 | 1.84 | 1.35 | 2.01 | 1.26 | 3.44 | ||
A | 396 | 1.51 (10.19, 6.19) | 1.01 | 0.95 | 5.07 | 2.82 | 3.71 | 0.58 | 1.52 | 0.72 | 1.87 | 0.66 | 1.72 | ||
B | 3952 | 2.02 (9.24, 10.28) | 1.30 | 1.22 | 5.29 | 3.96 | 3.66 | 0.82 | 1.75 | 0.95 | 1.82 | 0.90 | 1.95 |
Values in parentheses in the combined 68th percentile estimates represent data derived from Least Squares processed Argos telemetry data taken from [9] and [12], respectively. Dashed lines represent a failure to converge on a distribution parameter by maximum likelihood. The 68th Percentile error estimates from LC 3,2 and 1 were comparable to those described elsewhere, however the estimates for the lower classes were considerably smaller.