Table 3.

Lowest calculated RSS values fitted to equations for curves 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 from Kot et al. (1996), parameter estimates, normalizing constants, and measures of excess kurtosis for individual flights 1–8, combined flights 9–12, and all flights combined (1–12)

RSS values	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9 to 12	All
Flight number
Curve 1	11.75	58.12	19.96	22.56	4.87	44.39	31.99	5.39	12.98	64.05
Curve 2	19.49	69.2	34.66	45.79	20.42	54.00	55.75	13.96	47.29	86.76
Curve 3	5.38	28.92	1.23	0.57	0.25	0.98	12.72	5.12	6.24	9.08
Curve 4	18.16	68.42	32.17	43.69	20.24	53.14	57.36	17.03	45.35	83.40
Curve 7	16.04	65.93	27.59	35.56	13.70	50.78	47.60	11.70	31.20	77.23
Curve 3 parameter estimates
a	25.34	36.60	35.99	41.88	32.25	39.71	42.81	24.22	43.00	90.17
b	8.72	13.43	13.74	16.90	12.90	15.45	17.47	10.32	18.67	19.56
c	−19.47	−32.89	−29.96	−34.84	−23.28	−37.73	−37.38	−15.17	−26.58	−364.40
s	0.67	0.84	0.75	0.74	0.59	0.92	0.80	0.47	0.45	6.99
t	15.88	12.57	11.33	9.62	10.22	10.31	9.19	8.85	9.01	79.45
Normalizing constant	142.38	137.28	127.90	121.58	116.02	107.90	110.66	84.17	160.60	1063.80
Excess kurtosis estimates
k	−1.22	−1.29	−1.23	−1.25	−1.41	−1.43	−1.23	−1.52	−1.45	−1.35