Month

Bopt,m (˚) for latitude L = −60˚

Equation (16)

[4]

[12]

1

−22.3

−24.4

−23.7

2

−36.6

−41.2

−38.5

3

−54.6

−56

−56.3

4

−69.9

−70

−72.6

5

−78.9

−79.8

−81.9

6

−82.1

−86.2

−85.6

7

−80.7

−83.4

−83.9

8

−74.0

−75.2

−76.6

9

−60.8

−62

−62.6

10

−42.8

−48

−44.0

11

−25.9

−30.8

−27.4

12

−17.6

−18.2

−17.7

MBE

2.41766

1.425014

RMSE

2.98281

2.234652

t

4.58982

2.745675

R2

0.994

0.999