Spatial interpolation of climate variables in Nebraska

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1759-1771

  Irmak, Ayse ^a   Ranade, Parikshit K ^b   Marx, David ^c   Irmak, Suat ^c   Hubbard, Kenneth G ^d   Meyer, George ^c   Martin, Derrel L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNL ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d UNL   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Inverse distance weighted; Kriging; Nebraska; Rainfall interpolation; Spline; Temperature interpolation

Indexed keywords

GIS; INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHTED; KRIGING; NEBRASKA; RAINFALL INTERPOLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ERRORS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RAIN; SPLINES; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

INTERPOLATION;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA INTERPRETATION; GIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WEATHER STATION;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649498677     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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