Revised spatial weighting methods for estimation of missing rainfall data

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-104

  Suhaila, Jamaludin ^a   Sayang, Mohd Deni ^b   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Inverse distance; Missing rainfall data; Normal ratio; Similarity index; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949114283     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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