Observations and models of across-wind flight speed of the wandering albatross

Wandering albatrosses exploit wind shear by dynamic soaring (DS), enabling rapid, efficient, long-range flight. We compared the ability of a theoretical nonlinear DS model and a linear empirical model to explain the observed variation of mean across-wind airspeeds of GPS-tracked wandering albatrosse...

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Main Authors: Philip L. Richardson, Ewan D. Wakefield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2022-11-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211364