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Table 2 Model parameter estimation

From: Environmental determinants of malaria transmission in African villages

Dimension-less number

Environmental parameters

Parameter estimation

D1

Twet

Rainy season length, during which annual cumulative rainfall is >10% and <95%

To

t

Rainy season average temperature

 Xdist

Implied from population density

 Ydist

Set at constant

D2

Ton

Estimated as Ton/Tint from the empirical relationship

Tint