tpar {bsam}

ARGOS Error Fixed Parameters

Description

ARGOS Error Fixed Parameters for Location Classes

Usage

tpar()

Details

This is an internal function used by dat4jags to specify measurement error parameters.

These are the fixed parameters (t-distribution scale & df) for ARGOS error classes, from Jonsen et al (2005) Ecology 86:2874-2880.

Value

A dataframe with columns

lc

ARGOS location class as an ordered factor

itau2.lon

precision parameters for longitude in degrees

itau2.lat

precision parameters for latitude in degrees

nu.lon

df parameters for longitude

nu.lat

df parameters for latitude