GIS-based tests for quality control of meteorological data and spatial interpolation of climate data

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-349

  Chiu, Ching An ^a   Lin, Po Hsiung ^b   Lu, King Cherng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climate data; Geographic information system (GIS); Kriging; Quality control (QC); Spatial interpolation (SI); Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 72849126842     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.00030     Document Type: Article

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