Spatial estimation of mean temperature and precipitation in areas of scarce meteorological information

Atmosfera

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-56

  Gomez J D ^a   Etchevers, J D ^b   Monterroso, A I ^a   Gay, C ^c   Campo, J ^d   Martinez M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Lapse rate; Spatial interpolation; Temperature modeling; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; COLOR; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; HUMIDITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 38949143910     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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