Comparison of six GIS-based spatial interpolation methods for estimating air temperature in western saudi arabia

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Eldrandaly, K A ^a   Abu Zaid, M S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Mean monthly temperature; Spatial interpolation; Weather stations; Western saudi arabia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 80053549348     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201100197     Document Type: Article

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