Appendix 2—table 1. The effect of smoothing on the ability to estimate when $R_e\mathrm{=}\mathrm{1}$.

These values were calculated using Equation 11.

R 0	R 1	$R_{tp}$	$a_{tp}$(per day)	Delays (days)
6.0	0.0	3.0	–0.30	6.7
3.0	0.0	1.5	–0.15	3.3
3.5	0.5	2.0	–0.15	6.7
2.5	0.5	1.5	–0.10	5.0
3.3	0.9	2.1	–0.12	9.2
1.8	0.8	1.3	–0.05	6.0