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Original Articles

An assessment of spatial models for daily minimum and maximum air temperature

Pages 281-300 | Received 29 Apr 2013, Accepted 22 May 2013, Published online: 02 Jul 2013

Figures & data

Table 1. Elevations, latitude, longitude, and land cover classifications of GHCN stations utilized in this study

Table 2. R 2 correlation coefficient between MODIS LST from Terra and Aqua satellites and minimum and maximum air temperature measured in study region

Figure 1. Mean absolute error of the NN spatial models for forecasting minimum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 1. Mean absolute error of the NN spatial models for forecasting minimum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 2. Mean absolute error of the IDW spatial models for forecasting minimum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 2. Mean absolute error of the IDW spatial models for forecasting minimum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 3. Mean absolute error of the remote sensing-based spatial models for forecasting minimum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 3. Mean absolute error of the remote sensing-based spatial models for forecasting minimum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 4. Mean absolute error of best performing models for minimum daily air temperature ( from each model group. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 4. Mean absolute error of best performing models for minimum daily air temperature ( from each model group. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 5. Mean absolute error of the NN spatial models for forecasting maximum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 5. Mean absolute error of the NN spatial models for forecasting maximum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 6. Mean absolute error of the IDW spatial models for forecasting maximum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 6. Mean absolute error of the IDW spatial models for forecasting maximum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 7. Mean absolute error of the remote sensing–based spatial models for forecasting maximum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 7. Mean absolute error of the remote sensing–based spatial models for forecasting maximum daily air temperature (. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 8. Mean absolute error of best performing models for maximum daily air temperature ( from each model group. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

Figure 8. Mean absolute error of best performing models for maximum daily air temperature ( from each model group. The x-axis represents the average area represented by each sensor measurement.

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