Evaluation of spatial interpolation methods for annual rainfall on the highlands of Eritrea

Discovery and Innovation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  Mebrhatu, Mehari Tesfazgi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Inverse distance weighted; Kriging; Spline

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746444308     PISSN: 1015079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/dai.v18i1.15721     Document Type: Review

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