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. 2015 Dec 22;14:514. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-1030-7

Table 1.

Environmental module parameters

Parameter name Value Notes and references
Simulation time step 1 h
Study area extension 2370 × 2520 m
Centroid of the study area bounding box 3°41′54.17″S, 73°16′43.24″W
Geographical grid cover pixel size 10 m Based on spatial imagery resolution
Mosquito grid cover pixel size 30 m [3235]
Geographical grid extension 237 × 252 pixels
Mosquito grid extension 79 × 84 pixels Periodic boundary condition applied
Number of mosquito agents generated per oviposition 6.6 mosquitoes agents/oviposition [37]
Maximum number of mosquito agents generated per unit of breeding area every 12 simulation hours 0.16 mosquitoes agents/m2/12 h Calibration parameter
Reduction factor of the number of mosquitoes generated per unit of breeding area per unit of time in permanent water covers 1.5 Calibration parameter