Comparison of methods for spatially estimating station temperatures in a quality control system

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 777-787

  You, Jinsheng ^a   Hubbard, Kenneth G ^a   Goddard, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lapse rate; Quality assurance; Quality control; Spatial interpolation; Temperature estimates

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONTROL; INTERPOLATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHTING (IDW); LAPSE RATE; SPATIAL REGRESSION TEST (SRT);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOUNTAIN REGION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349121715     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1571     Document Type: Article

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