Comparison of spatial and non-spatial logistic regression models for modeling the occurrence of cloud cover in north-eastern Puerto Rico

Applied Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-62

  Wu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Lianjun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud cover; Geographically Weighted Logistic Model (GWLM); Landsat; Logistic Mixed Model (LMM); Logistic Regression Model (LRM); Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; AUTOCORRELATION; CLOUD COVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSAT; LOGISTICS; OROGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DATA; VARIOGRAM;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84872419149     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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