Spatial interpolation of climatic variables in a predominantly arid region with complex topography

Environment Systems and Decisions

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 555-563

  Ahmed, Kamal ^a   Shahid, Shamsuddin ^a   Harun, Sobri Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Arid and semi arid region; Deterministic interpolation; Geostatistical interpolation; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARID REGION; CLIMATE VARIATION; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER STATION;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84912565488     PISSN: 21945403     EISSN: 21945411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-014-9519-0     Document Type: Article

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