A spatial regression analysis of the influence of topography on monthly rainfall in East Africa

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1440-1456

  Hession, S L ^a   Moore, N ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Geostatistics; Kenya; Precipitation; Spatial regression; Topography

Indexed keywords

AUTO-CORRELATED DATA; AUTOMATED SELECTION; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE PATTERNS; EAST AFRICA; GEO-STATISTICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KENYA; KRIGING; MESOSCALE; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PREDICTIVE VARIABLES; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIAL REGRESSION; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT MODELS; STATISTICAL STUDY; STEPWISE REGRESSION;

CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; INTERPOLATION; MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; SPLINES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUTOCORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

KENYA;

EID: 79960741682     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2174     Document Type: Article

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