Skip to main content
. 2018 Mar 22;13(3):e0194573. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194573

Table 5. Percentage of output variation of final number density of Culicoides deposited over target territory, C, after a whole year simulation for input variation of {±5%, ±4%, ±3%, ±2%, ±1%} for climatic variables and {±25%, ±20%, ±15%, ±10%, ±5%} for insect’s variables.

Percentage of variation -5% -4% -3% -2% -1% +1% +2% +3% +4% +5%
Temperature, θ -3.65 -2.86 -1.89 -1.14 -0.35 0.98 1.52 2.01 2.40 2.84
Wind speed w -9.07 -7.18 -5.23 -3.43 -1.60 2.14 4.12 6.04 8.01 9.98
Hellman exponent, α -5.89 -4.75 -3.65 -2.40 -0.84 1.76 3.16 4.48 5.95 7.36
Temperature lapse rate, γ 2.15 1.69 1.25 0.75 0.28 -0.22 -0.85 -1.38 -1.63 -2.02
Percentage of variation -25% -20% -15% -10% -5% +5% +10% +15% +20% +25%
Insect’s weight, M 10.09 7.99 5.88 4.02 2.13 -1.11 -2.64 -4.22 -5.73 -7.27
Insect’s radius, R -18.90 -14.84 -10.77 -6.80 -2.82 3.65 6.82 10.01 12.69 15.49
Reynolds number, Re 8.54 6.87 5.17 3.50 1.80 -3.27 -4.55 -5.80 -7.27 -8.79
Percentage of variation -25% -20% -15% -10% -5% +5% +10% +15% +20% +25%
Initial source altitude, 1000 m -16.22 -11.68 -8.74 -5.75 -2.43 2.74 4.93 7.15 9.06 11.01