Spatial interpolation of daily potential evapotranspiration for New Zealand using a spline model

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 430-438

  Tait, Andrew ^a   Woods, Ross ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; MODEL VALIDATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34447630482     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM572.1     Document Type: Article

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