Estimation of Areal Mean Rainfall in Remote Areas Using B-SHADE Model

Table 4

MEs for the arithmetic average, Thiessen polygon, ordinary kriging, and B-SHADE methods by counting the spring months from 2005 to 2011.

Number of stations	Arithmetic average (mm)	Thiessen polygon (mm)	OK (mm)	B-SHADE (mm)
2	−0.94	−2.05	—	−1.43
3	2.95	0.74	1.87	−1.27
4	2.76	0.11	1.72	−1.22
5	6.83	1.36	3.19	−0.79
6	3.98	0.73	2.66	−0.87
7	2.06	0.30	0.47	−0.97
8	1.55	−0.51	−0.14	−0.80
9	2.57	−0.32	0.37	−0.76
10	3.00	−0.42	0.45	−0.77
11	5.11	−0.18	0.96	−0.59
12	4.89	−0.12	0.70	−0.42
13	4.85	−0.35	0.55	−0.52
14	4.99	−1.93	0.59	−0.53