in this code snippet which resides in the ecl library, it indicates a bad sideslip condition if the beta innov variance is less than the observation noise variance which is hardcoded as (0.3)**2= 0.09
// Reset covariance and states if the calculation is badly conditioned
if (_beta_innov_var < R_BETA) {
_fault_status.flags.bad_sideslip = true;
// if we are getting aiding from other sources, warn and reset the wind states and covariances only
const char* action_string = nullptr;
if (update_wind_only) {
resetWindStates();
resetWindCovariance();
action_string = "wind";
} else {
initialiseCovariance();
_state.wind_vel.setZero();
action_string = "full";
}
ECL_ERR("sideslip badly conditioned - %s covariance reset", action_string);
return;
}