\begin{table} %T3 \caption{ \label{SimParamSens}Sensitivity of $\psi$ to a 1\% perturbation in some simulation parameters under standard conditions.} \begin{tabular}{llll} \hline\hline \noalign{\smallskip} Name of perturbed variable & {\rm Symbol} & $\psi$~{\rm change\ (\%)} \\ \hline Mesospheric laser irradiance & $I$ & \ \ ~ 0.025 \\ Geomagnetic field in mesosphere & $B$ & -0.33 \\ Average mesospheric temperature & $T_{\rm Na}$ & -0.48 \\ Beam atom exchange rate & $\gamma_{\rm ex}$ & \ \ ~ 0.0025 \\ Weighted v.c.c.\tablefootmark{\ast} rate & $\gamma_{{\rm vcc}}$ & \ \ ~ 0.15 \\ Weighted spin-exchange rate at $T_{\rm Na}$ & $\gamma_S$ & \ \ ~ 0.013 \\ Recoil frequency (50~kHz) & & -0.24 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot{ \tablefoottext{\ast}{v.c.c. = velocity-changing collision.}} \end{table}