ETA variances are initialized to 0.1 by default. Correlations within defined omega blocks
(block 1: eta.vmax, eta.km; block 2: eta.cl, eta.vc, eta.vp, eta.vp2, eta.q, eta.q2)
are assumed to be 0.1 and used to compute covariances as:
$$Cov(i, j) = sqrt(Var_i) * sqrt(Var_j) * Corr(i, j)$$
The resulting output format aligns with Recommended_initial_estimates.