Mapping mean monthly temperatures over a coastal hilly area incorporating terrain aspect effects

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 233-250

  Guan, Huade ^a,b   Zhang, Xinping ^b   Makhnin, Oleg ^c   Sun, Zhian ^d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Interpolation schemes; Regression analysis; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT LOFTY RANGES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875083754     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-014.1     Document Type: Article

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