Statistical Evaluation of Spatial Interpolation Methods for Small-Sampled Region. A Case Study of Temperature Change Phenomenon in Bangladesh
Avit Bhowmik, Pedro Cabral - Institute of Statistics and Information Management, New University of Lisbon
Spatial Interpolation Methods for Small-Sampled Bangladesh
1. Statistical Evaluation of Spatial Interpolation Methods for Small-Sampled Region.A Case Study of Temperature Change Phenomenon in Bangladesh Presented by: Avit Kumar Bhowmik
5. Study Area - Bangladesh Total Area : 1,47,570 sq.km. Mean annual temperature has increased during the period of 1895-1980 at 0.310c and the annual mean maximum temperature will increase to 0.40c and 0.730c by the year of 2050 and 2100 respectively. Small Sample Size – 34 Meteorological Stations.
6. Objectives Describe overall and station specific Average, Maximum and Minimum temperature trend. Interpolate trend values obtained from trend analysis using Spline, IDW and Ordinary Kriging. Evaluate interpolation results using Univariate and Willmott Statistical method.thus identifying the most appropriate interpolation method.
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8. Trend Analysis y= a + bx Trend Value, Goodness to fit or Co-efficient of Significance,
9. Trend Analysis - Results Maximum Temperature Average Temperature Minimum Temperature
30. Major Findings Not only Mean Bias Error, but Root Mean Square Error has significant Influence in determining the best Spatial Interpolation Method. The best approach is to look for Error in the Errors.