A multivariate regression model for predicting precipitation in the Daqing Mountains

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 318-325

  Ranhao, Sun ^a,b   Baiping, Zhang ^a   Tan, Jing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Daqing Mountains; GIS; Modeling; Multivariate regression; Precipitation; Prediction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; DAQING SHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 58149503702     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.0944     Document Type: Article

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