Spatial interpolation of precipitation indexes in Sierra Nevada (Spain): comparing the performance of some interpolation methods

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 683-698

  Pereira, Paulo ^a   Oliva, Marc ^b   Misiune, Ieva ^a  

^a MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84939518796     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-015-1606-8     Document Type: Article

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