Mapping monthly rainfall data in Galicia (NW Spain) using inverse distances and geostatistical methods

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2007, Pages 51-57

  Miras Avalos J M ^a   Paz Gonzalez A ^a   Vidal Vazquez E ^b   Sande Fouz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; INTERPOLATION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; KRIGING; MAPPING; METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34247584504     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-10-51-2007     Document Type: Article

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