Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1965-1978

  Hijmans, Robert J ^a   Cameron, Susan E ^a,b,c   Parra, Juan L ^a   Jones, Peter G ^d   Jarvis, Andy ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^e International Plant Genetic Resources Institute IPGRI   (Colombia)

Author keywords

ANUSPLIN; Climate; Error; GIS; Interpolation; Precipitation; Temperature; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

INTERPOLATED CLIMATE SURFACES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ANUSPLIN; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 29544443445     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1276     Document Type: Article

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