Table 2 Variables used in movement models.

From: Individual and joint estimation of humpback whale migratory patterns and their environmental drivers in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Variable

Abbreviation

Units

Spatial resolution

Temporal resolution

Source

Chlorophyll-a

CHL

mg C m−3

4.64 × 4.64 km

Monthly

ERDDAP

Sea surface temperature

SST

°C

0.01 × 0.01 degree

Daily

ERDDAP

Sea surface temperature anomaly

SSTA

°C

0.01 × 0.01 degree

Daily

ERDDAP

Wind stress curl

CURL

MPa m−1

1 × 1 degree

Six-hourly

ERDDAP

Presence of ice during August

ICE08

Binary

0.01 × 0.01 degree

Yearly

ERDDAP*

Presence of ice during October

ICE10

Binary

0.01 × 0.01 degree

Yearly

ERDDAP*

Distance to the average position of southern boundary of the Antarctic circumpolar current

DSB

Meters

1 × 1 km

Static

CEOS*

Depth

DEPTH

Meters

0.016 × 0.016 degree

Static

ERDDAP

  1. Asterisks denote data modification after gathering from source (see “Methods”).