Advances in Meteorology / 2014 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Estimation of Daily Sunshine Duration from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data Table 2 Comparison of satellite estimates with the measured monthly mean daily sum sunshine duration for nine calibrations (bold) and 16 randomly selected testing stations (all units are in hours per day).
Linear Quadratic Measured MBE (linear) MBE (quadratic) RMSE (linear) RMSE (quadratic) January Istanbul 1.7928 1.9577 1.3935 0.3993 0.5642 1.5324 1.3024 Ankara 2.1441 2.0044 1.7065 0.4376 0.2979 1.4067 1.1505 Konya 2.1946 1.8313 1.8806 0.3140 −0.0493 2.3237 2.2908 İzmir 3.0198 3.0043 3.2452 −0.2254 −0.2409 1.7792 1.7315 Antalya 2.7916 3.0197 3.6000 −0.8084 −0.5803 1.7828 1.4550 Samsun 2.5915 2.9457 3.1871 −0.5956 −0.2414 1.6356 1.6121 S.Urfa 2.1343 2.4201 2.0548 0.0795 0.3653 1.7327 1.4579 Erzincan 2.3653 2.3253 2.4167 −0.0514 −0.0914 1.2834 1.2558 Muş 1.7532 1.3933 0.4931 1.2601 0.9002 1.8716 1.5403 Kocaeli 1.8387 1.9538 1.4548 0.3839 0.4990 1.8006 1.5632 Bursa 2.0368 1.8720 1.6613 0.3755 0.2107 1.6200 1.3810 Balikesir 2.4440 2.2319 1.8258 0.6182 0.4061 2.0704 2.0228 Eskişehir 1.3756 1.4650 1.8032 −0.4276 −0.3382 2.2029 2.0016 Afyon 1.8311 1.8313 1.8555 −0.0244 −0.0242 1.8915 1.8403 Denizli 2.9402 2.9391 2.4032 0.5370 0.5359 2.3196 2.2167 Niğde 2.8770 2.7441 2.9750 −0.0980 −0.2309 1.8254 1.7893 Sivas 2.1674 2.0803 2.0355 0.1319 0.0448 1.4855 1.3433 Malatya 1.4650 1.6239 1.6355 −0.1705 −0.0116 1.6790 1.1835 Gaziantep 1.8041 1.9854 1.8867 −0.0826 0.0987 1.3239 0.9408 K.Maras 1.5045 1.9258 1.2871 0.2174 0.6387 1.6900 1.2947 Diyarbakir 2.1520 2.2601 2.2793 −0.1273 −0.0192 2.3862 2.3819 Van 3.1600 3.0122 4.7148 −1.5548 −1.7026 1.9633 2.0902 Hakkari 2.5198 2.2500 2.3516 0.1682 −0.1016 2.0855 2.0649 Trabzon 3.0489 3.3608 3.0133 0.0356 0.3475 1.5150 1.3695 Rize 3.2841 3.5981 2.4581 0.8260 1.1400 1.5896 1.7696 February Istanbul 4.0940 3.8168 3.5250 0.5690 0.2918 1.6459 1.3671 Ankara 4.5117 4.4442 4.3179 0.1938 0.1263 1.7029 1.6239 Konya 5.0346 4.7913 4.8250 0.2096 −0.0337 2.2234 2.0203 İzmir 5.3007 5.3028 5.3034 −0.0027 −0.0006 1.7670 1.2680 Antalya 5.1613 5.3444 5.9851 −0.8238 −0.6407 1.8256 1.4690 Samsun 4.0724 3.8652 3.1607 0.9117 0.7045 2.0856 1.8941 S.Urfa 3.2544 3.2245 3.2621 −0.0077 −0.0376 1.6028 1.5464 Erzincan 3.0483 2.7781 2.4807 0.5676 0.2974 1.9302 1.7362 Muş 2.4452 2.0051 1.8601 0.5851 0.1450 2.2032 2.1093 Kocaeli 3.8753 3.5421 2.9964 0.8789 0.5457 2.1205 2.0902 Bursa 3.4372 3.0495 3.5000 −0.0628 −0.4505 2.7164 2.6584 Balikesir 3.7980 3.5921 3.7185 0.0795 −0.1264 1.8622 1.8080 Eskişehir 3.8054 3.3375 1.9396 1.8658 1.3979 2.5252 2.8331 Afyon 4.6686 4.5208 3.8500 0.8186 0.6708 2.1380 1.9314 Denizli 3.5368 3.9574 4.3000 −0.7632 −0.3426 1.5375 1.3944 Niğde 4.3091 4.1889 3.8607 0.4484 0.3282 1.9616 1.8392 Sivas 3.9775 3.6334 3.1111 0.8664 0.5223 1.9920 1.8818 Malatya 3.2444 2.8883 2.6250 0.6194 0.2633 2.0302 1.5322 Gaziantep 2.7212 2.7217 2.7929 −0.0717 −0.0712 1.6176 1.4282 K.Maras 4.1772 3.8177 2.3571 1.8201 1.4606 2.4602 2.0244 Diyarbakir 3.7779 3.5816 2.9370 0.8409 0.6446 2.3608 2.2903 Van 4.2746 3.9925 4.5560 −0.2814 −0.5635 1.6319 1.5651 Hakkari 3.5113 3.1845 4.1846 −0.6733 −1.0001 2.0490 2.3756 Trabzon 3.2536 2.9904 2.2714 0.9822 0.7190 1.7111 1.1320 Rize 3.6210 3.1900 2.2107 1.4103 0.9793 2.0427 1.6651 March Istanbul 6.7322 6.8391 5.9419 0.7903 0.8972 2.2281 2.1541 Ankara 5.8987 5.9367 6.4613 −0.5626 −0.5246 1.4852 1.4633 Konya 6.5665 6.5924 7.0167 −0.4502 −0.4243 1.9564 1.9143 İzmir 6.9961 6.8832 7.5586 −0.5625 −0.6754 1.6497 1.6261 Antalya 6.9993 7.1057 7.6193 −0.6200 −0.5136 1.9247 1.8457 Samsun 4.8761 4.8877 4.0839 0.7922 0.8038 1.7669 1.4618 S.Urfa 6.8667 6.8559 6.8677 −0.0010 −0.0118 1.8766 1.7569 Erzincan 5.6839 5.5089 5.2967 0.3872 0.2122 1.9740 1.9065 Muş 5.4660 5.4748 5.6226 −0.1566 −0.1478 2.0922 1.8824 Kocaeli 5.9859 5.9283 5.1000 0.8859 0.8283 2.6552 2.6106 Bursa 6.6200 6.6498 5.1839 1.4361 1.4659 2.2076 2.1408 Balikesir 6.6250 6.4974 5.7806 0.8444 0.7168 1.7574 1.6446 Eskişehir 6.4546 6.5332 6.4733 −0.0187 0.0599 1.9970 1.8930 Afyon 6.6951 6.7657 5.8225 0.8726 0.9432 1.8023 1.6520 Denizli 6.5801 6.9242 7.1103 −0.5302 −0.1861 1.5558 1.2917 Niğde 6.1783 6.0574 6.4161 −0.2378 −0.3587 1.8657 1.6204 Sivas 5.5961 5.4714 5.6276 −0.0315 −0.1562 1.5140 1.2549 Malatya 7.0045 7.0458 7.1420 −0.1375 −0.0962 1.6701 1.4141 Gaziantep 7.0171 7.0236 6.3065 0.7106 0.7171 1.6365 1.5009 K.Maras 7.3102 7.3789 6.8172 0.4930 0.5617 1.3902 1.3476 Diyarbakir 6.8572 6.9339 6.8069 0.0503 0.1270 1.5596 1.5750 Van 6.9557 6.8747 7.4129 −0.4572 −0.5382 1.7989 1.6299 Hakkari 6.5429 6.6293 7.3225 −0.7796 −0.6932 1.6021 1.4218 Trabzon 4.8752 4.9215 3.9355 0.9397 0.9860 2.1022 1.8566 Rize 5.4567 5.6812 3.5655 1.8912 2.1157 2.1822 1.9045 April Istanbul 6.9482 7.0329 5.8000 1.1482 1.2329 2.5907 2.3939 Ankara 6.6835 6.7739 7.0700 −0.3865 −0.2961 1.6366 1.5213 Konya 7.6229 7.4703 7.6600 −0.0371 −0.1897 2.2064 2.0517 İzmir 7.5452 7.4219 7.1100 0.4352 0.3119 2.4532 2.2244 Antalya 8.1610 8.2247 8.2900 −0.1290 −0.0653 1.6104 1.5784 Samsun 6.7009 6.7323 6.4733 0.2276 0.2590 2.1562 2.1140 S.Urfa 7.9494 7.8532 7.9967 −0.0473 −0.1435 1.7244 1.6873 Erzincan 7.2490 6.9552 6.7800 0.4690 0.1752 1.6408 1.6476 Muş 6.7796 7.0072 7.9333 −1.1537 −0.9261 1.9053 1.8079 Kocaeli 6.8726 6.8999 5.8000 1.0726 1.0999 2.5616 2.4413 Bursa 7.2095 7.0325 5.8586 1.3509 1.1739 2.8044 1.9153 Balikesir 6.7299 6.6719 5.8200 0.9099 0.8519 2.9419 2.7986 Eskişehir 7.4455 7.2296 6.8276 0.6179 0.4020 1.9908 1.6979 Afyon 7.0270 7.0475 6.0888 0.9382 0.9587 2.2017 1.9771 Denizli 6.6130 6.6534 6.6800 −0.0670 −0.0266 2.4919 2.2947 Niğde 6.9644 6.8397 7.9897 −1.0253 −1.1500 2.1735 2.3899 Sivas 6.7828 6.7879 8.1414 −1.3586 −1.3535 2.3130 2.0624 Malatya 7.7719 7.8371 8.4000 −0.6281 −0.5629 2.2272 2.2196 Gaziantep 7.3816 7.2651 7.3000 0.0816 −0.0349 1.6979 2.0035 K.Maras 7.1555 7.0497 7.4367 −0.2812 −0.3870 1.9061 1.7924 Diyarbakir 7.1298 6.9476 6.4786 0.6512 0.4690 2.0347 1.7418 Van 7.0534 6.9587 8.1793 −1.1259 −1.2206 2.0717 1.9336 Hakkari 6.7590 6.6472 6.9345 −0.1755 −0.2873 2.4290 2.2053 Trabzon 5.6838 5.8542 5.2833 0.4005 0.5709 1.3718 1.4159 Rize 6.0230 6.5265 5.6000 0.4230 0.9265 1.7001 1.5743 May Istanbul 9.4936 9.4817 8.9828 0.5108 0.4989 1.7420 1.7376 Ankara 8.5037 8.6061 9.1429 −0.6392 −0.5368 2.0170 2.0194 Konya 8.9324 8.9159 9.3700 −0.4376 −0.4541 1.9635 1.9774 İzmir 9.3646 9.3490 9.6276 −0.2630 −0.2786 1.1739 1.1759 Antalya 10.0414 10.0343 11.0931 −1.0517 −1.0588 1.9419 1.9453 Samsun 7.7030 7.6705 5.7267 1.9763 1.9438 3.0719 3.0575 S.Urfa 9.4058 9.3917 10.1933 −0.7875 −0.8016 1.7308 1.7437 Erzincan 8.7553 8.7414 7.0929 1.6624 1.6485 2.1078 2.0998 Muş 8.2651 8.2405 8.6179 −0.3528 −0.3774 1.9574 1.9663 Kocaeli 8.0218 7.9916 7.1700 0.8518 0.8216 2.3537 2.3618 Bursa 8.3878 8.3615 8.8300 −0.4422 −0.4685 2.0694 2.0778 Balikesir 9.6007 9.4997 9.2200 0.3807 0.2797 2.3755 2.3672 Eskişehir 9.5605 9.5484 8.9172 0.6433 0.6312 2.5140 2.5176 Afyon 9.1356 9.1191 8.4407 0.6949 0.6784 1.9207 1.9115 Denizli 9.8980 9.9280 10.1586 −0.2606 −0.2306 1.6053 1.6178 Niğde 9.1536 9.1390 9.1500 0.0036 −0.0110 2.2451 2.2400 Sivas 8.7601 8.7401 8.1323 0.6278 0.6078 2.6354 2.6338 Malatya 8.7190 8.6985 9.2964 −0.5774 −0.5979 2.3435 2.3584 Gaziantep 9.4288 9.4276 7.9667 1.4621 1.4609 2.1911 2.1906 K.Maras 9.6964 9.6857 8.7067 0.9897 0.9790 1.4969 1.4951 Diyarbakir 9.1645 9.1480 7.9600 1.2045 1.1880 2.6317 2.6338 Van 8.4553 8.4302 8.7207 −0.2654 −0.2905 2.0592 2.0790 Hakkari 8.3256 8.3022 8.6733 −0.3477 −0.3711 2.1357 2.1427 Trabzon 7.2095 7.1711 4.9276 2.2819 2.2435 2.7924 2.7685 Rize 7.2468 7.2062 5.0593 2.1875 2.1469 2.8585 2.8461 June Istanbul 9.8309 9.8057 9.2800 0.5509 0.5257 1.7893 1.9087 Ankara 10.1674 10.2407 10.3379 −0.1705 −0.0972 1.7111 1.6759 Konya 10.2435 10.3271 9.8551 0.3884 0.4720 1.5196 1.5437 İzmir 10.5845 10.5974 11.1300 −0.5455 −0.5326 1.3678 1.4185 Antalya 9.0468 9.2680 12.1000 −3.0532 −2.8320 3.3680 3.1692 Samsun 9.9456 9.9460 8.2483 1.6973 1.6977 2.2473 2.3002 S.Urfa 10.1520 10.3440 12.5500 −2.3980 −2.2060 2.3543 2.1503 Erzincan 11.3069 11.2671 9.0892 2.2177 2.1779 2.4117 2.4020 Muş 10.2631 10.3630 12.1036 −1.8405 −1.7406 2.2209 2.1225 Kocaeli 10.1298 10.1446 9.0038 1.1260 1.1408 1.7102 1.7169 Bursa 10.5175 10.4265 9.6533 0.8642 0.7732 2.2143 2.2663 Balikesir 10.9929 10.9862 11.1000 −0.1071 −0.1138 2.0205 1.9943 Eskişehir 10.2745 10.2521 9.9651 0.3094 0.2870 1.7138 1.7733 Afyon 9.8033 9.7458 9.6555 0.1478 0.0903 2.1544 2.1869 Denizli 10.8819 10.8333 11.1103 −0.2284 −0.2770 1.1217 1.1125 Niğde 11.1541 11.1511 11.7000 −0.5459 −0.5489 2.0301 2.0475 Sivas 10.3470 10.4055 10.7724 −0.4254 −0.3669 2.1362 2.1982 Malatya 10.7174 10.7711 12.2893 −1.5719 −1.5182 1.2182 1.8191 Gaziantep 10.6259 10.6899 9.8414 0.7845 0.8485 1.3246 1.3215 K.Maras 9.4012 9.5667 10.6276 −1.2264 −1.0609 2.3227 2.2903 Diyarbakir 9.3298 9.5493 12.0893 −2.7595 −2.5400 2.9829 2.7528 Van 11.5642 11.5205 12.7138 −1.1496 −1.1933 1.2953 1.3488 Hakkari 9.5499 9.7931 12.9407 −3.3908 −3.1476 3.3909 3.1609 Trabzon 9.4492 9.3451 7.8591 1.5901 1.4860 2.5750 2.5661 Rize 9.2694 9.0417 7.2391 2.0303 1.8026 2.3278 2.1988