On the use of dimensioned measures of error to evaluate the performance of spatial interpolators

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-102

  Willmott, C J ^a   Matsuura, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Error measures; Spatial interpolators

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; INTERPOLATION; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 30844456449     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810500286976     Document Type: Article

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