Application of the multiple regression model for the interpolation of temperatures and rainfall at the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/estgeogr.201717

Keywords:

Balearic, interpolation, Iberian Peninsula, multiple regression model, precipitation, temperature

Abstract


Monthly precipitation and temperature maps for the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands were calculated using different free statistical and GIS software and the data from 3736 rainfall and 1626 temperature meteorological stations. The method used was multivariate regression with residuals interpolation. Different variables not used in earlier studies improve the regression models: mean altitude and slope for precipitation models and real radiation for temperature models. The validation of models with 30 percent of the data showed errors similar to previous works. The climatic model data were compared with the data from the 60 Meteorological Main Observatories from Spain for the three last Standard Reference Periods (1961-1990, 1971-2000 and 1981-2010). The model overestimate current precipitation and underestimate current temperatures due to to recent climate changes.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Agnew, M.D. y Palutikof, J.P. (2000) GIS-based construction of baseline climatologies for the Mediterranean using terrain variables. Climate research, 14: 115-127. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr014115

Barry, R.G. (1992) Mountain weather and climate. Routledge, London, 402 pp. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203416020

Bladé, I., Cacho, I., Castro-Díez, Y., Gomis, D., González-Sampériz, P., Miguez-Macho, G., Perez, F.F., Rodríguez-Fonseca, B., Rodríguez-Puebla, C., Sánchez, E., Sotillo, G., Valero-Garcés, B. y Vargas-Yá-ez, M. (2010) Tendencias atmosféricas en la península ibérica durante el periodo instrumental en el contexto de la variabilidad natural. En: F.F. Pérez y R. Boscolo (Editores), Clima en España: pasado, presente y futuro. Informe de Evaluación del Cambio Climático Regional. CLIVAR (Climate variability and predictability) España, pp. 25-42.

Brown, D.P. y Comrie, A.C. (2002) Spatial modeling of winter temperature and precipitation in Arizona and New Mexico, USA. Climate research, 22: 115-128. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr022115

Brunet, M., Saladié, O., Jones, P.D., P.D., J.S., Aguilar, E., Moberg, A., Lister, D., Walther, A., López, D. y Almarza, C. (2006) The development of a new dataset of Spanish daily adjusted temperature series (SDATS) (1850-2003). International Journal of Climatology, 26(13): 1777-1802. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1338

Bustamante, J. (2003) Cartografía predictiva de variables climáticas: comparación de distintos modelos de interpolación de la temperatura en España peninsular. Graellsia, 59(2-3): 359-376. https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2003.v59.i2-3.252

Capel, J.J. (2000) El clima de la península ibérica. Ariel, Barcelona, 281 pp.

Chapman, L. y Thornes, J.E. (2003) The use of geographical information systems in climatology and meteorology. Progress in Physical Geography, 27(3): 313-330. https://doi.org/10.1191/030913303767888464

Cressie, N.A.C. (1993) Statistics for Spatial Data. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 416 pp. PMid:8492588

Daly, C. (2006) Guidelines for assessing the suitability of spatial climate data sets. International Journal of Climatology, 26: 707-721. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1322

Daly, C., Gibson, W., Taylor, G., Johnson, G. y Pasteris, P. (1994) A statisticaltopograpbic model for mapping climatological precipitation over mountainous terrain. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 22: 99-113.

Font Tullot, I. (2000) Climatología de España y Portugal. Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 422 pp.

Funk, C., Michaelsen, J., Verdin, J., Artan, G., Husak, G., Senay, G., Gadain, H. y Magadazire, T. (2002) The collaborative historical African rainfall model: description and evaluation. International Journal of Climatology, 1: 47-66.

Goodale, C.L., Aber, J.D. y Ollinger, S.V. (1998) Mapping monthly precipitation, temperature and solar radiation from Ireland with polynomial regression and a digital elevation model. Climate research, 10: 35-49. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr010035

Guan, H., Wilson, J.L. y Makhnin, O. (2005) Geostatistical mapping of mountain precipitation incorporating autosearched effects of terrain and climatic characteristics. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 6: 1018-1031. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM448.1

Hengl, T. (2009) A practical guide to geostatistical mapping. Open Access Publication: http://spatial-analyst.net/book/, Amsterdan, 270 pp. PMCid:PMC2824492

Hengl, T., Heuvelink, G.B.M. y Rossiter, D.G. (2007) About regression-kriging: from theory to interpretation of results. Computers & Geosciences, 33(10): 1301-1315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2007.05.001

Hevesi, J.A., Istok, J.D. y Flint, A.L. (1992) Precipitation estimation in mountainous terrain using multivariate geostatistics, Part 1: Structural Analysis. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 31: 661-676. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1992)031<0661:PEIMTU>2.0.CO;2

INM (2004) Guía resumida del clima de España (1971-2000). Direción General del Instituto Nacional del Meteorología, Madrid, 257 pp.

Ishida, T. y Kawashima, S. (1993) Use of cokriging to estimate surface air temperature from elevation. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 47: 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00867447

ITC (2001) ILWIS 3.0 Academic. User's Guide. International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), http://www.itc.nl/ilwis, Hengelosestraat (Paises Bajos), 530 pp.

Kurtzman, D. y Kadmon, R. (1999) Mapping of temperature variables in Israel: a comparison of different interpolation methods. Climate research, 13(1): 33-43. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr013033

Kyriakidis, P.C., Kim, J. y Miller, N.L. (2001) Geostatistical mapping of precipitation from rain gauge data using atmospheric and terraín characteristics. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 40: 1855-1877. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<1855:GMOPFR>2.0.CO;2

Martín Vide, J. y Olcina, J. (2001) Climas y tiempos de España. Alianza, Madrid, 258 pp.

Martínez-Cob, A. (1996) Multivariate geostatistical analysis of evapotranspiration and precipitation in mountainous terrain. Journal of Hydrology, 174: 19-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1694(95)02755-6

Miller, W. (2013) Statistics and measurement concepts with OpenStat. Springer, Nueva York, 237 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5743-5

Nalder, I. A. y Wein, R. W. (1998) Spatial interpolation of climatic Normals: test of a new method in the Canadian boreal forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 92: 211-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1923(98)00102-6

Neteler, M. y Mitasova, H. (2004) Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS approach. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Nueva York, 401 pp. PMid:15305699

Ninyerola, M., Pons, X. y Roure, J.M. (2000a) A methodological approach of climatological modelling of air temperature and precipitation through gis techniques. International Journal of Climatology, 20: 1823-1841. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0088(20001130)20:14<1823::AID-JOC566>3.0.CO;2-B

Ninyerola, M., Pons, X. y Roure, J.M. (2000b) Monthly precipitation mapping of the Iberian Peninsula using spatial interpolation tools implemented in a Geographic Information System. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 89: 195-209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-006-0264-2

Ninyerola, M., Pons, X. y Roure, J.M. (2007a) Monthly precipitation mapping of the Iberian Peninsula using spatial interpolation tools implemented in a Geographic Information System. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 89(3-4): 195-209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-006-0264-2

Ninyerola, M., Pons, X. y Roure, J. M. (2007b) Objective air temperature mapping for the Iberian Peninsula using spatial interpolation and GIS. Int J Climatol, 27(9): 1231-1242. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1462

Perry, M. y Hollis, D. (2005) The generation of monthly gridded datasets for a range of climatic variables over the UK. International Journal of Climatology, 25: 1041-1054. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1161

Phillips, D.L., Dolph, J. y Marks, D. (1992) A comparison of geostatistical procedures for spatial analysis of precipitation in mountainous terrain. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 58(119-141). https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1923(92)90114-J

Sharples, J.J., Hutchinson, M.F. y Jellet, D.R. (2005) On the horizontal scale of elevation dependence of Australian monthly precipitation. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 44.: 1850-1865. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAM2289.1

Smith, R.B. (1979) The influence of mountains on the atmosphere. Advances in Geophysics, 21: 87-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2687(08)60262-9

Tveito, O.E. (2008) Spatialisation of climatological and meteorological information with the support of GIS. En: O.E. Tveito, M. Wegehenkel, F.v.d. Wel y H. Dobesch (Editores), The Use of Geographic Information Systems in Climatology and Meteorology. COST Office-European Communities, Brussels, pp. 36-163.

Vicente-Serrano, S.M., Saz-Sánchez, M.A. y Cuadrat, J.M. (2003) Comparative analysis of interpolation methods in the middle Ebro Valley (Spain): application to annual precipitation and temperature. Climate research, 24: 161-180. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr024161

Willmott, C. (1982) Some comments on the evaluation of model performance. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 63(11): 1309-1313. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1982)063<1309:SCOTEO>2.0.CO;2

Willmott, C., Robeson, S.M. y Janis, M.J. (1996) Comparison of approaches for estimating time-averaged precipitation using data from the USA. Int J Climatol, 16(10): 1103-1115. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199610)16:10<1103::AID-JOC78>3.0.CO;2-P

Xin, Y., Guoan, T., Chenchao, X. y Fengdong, D. (2007) Terrain revised model for air temperature in mountainous area based on DEMs: A case study in Yaoxian county. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 17(4): 399-408. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11442-007-0399-9

Downloads

Published

2017-12-30

How to Cite

Pardo Navarro, F. (2017). Application of the multiple regression model for the interpolation of temperatures and rainfall at the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. Estudios Geográficos, 78(283), 493–522. https://doi.org/10.3989/estgeogr.201717

Issue

Section

Articles