A comparison of two statistical methods for spatial interpolation of Canadian monthly mean climate data

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 81-94

  Price, David T ^a   McKenney, Daniel W ^a   Nalder, Ian A ^b   Hutchinson, Michael F ^c   Kesteven, Jennifer L ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ANUSPLIN; Canada; Climate; GIDS; Precipitation; Spatial interpolation; Temperature; Thin plate smoothing spline; Topographic dependence

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; INTERPOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0034732051     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00169-0     Document Type: Article

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