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

Table 5

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

Number of stations	Arithmetic average (mm)	Thiessen polygon (mm)	OK (mm)	B-SHADE (mm)
2	4.55	2.56	—	−2.21
3	11.13	7.26	9.17	−5.49
4	14.85	9.98	13.65	−3.03
5	22.48	12.62	17.23	−3.60
6	12.42	5.73	10.25	−4.20
7	9.97	6.79	6.87	−3.76
8	7.91	5.28	5.38	−2.70
9	9.73	5.69	7.99	−3.05
10	10.61	6.11	8.14	−2.86
11	14.94	6.17	8.51	−2.65
12	13.50	5.66	7.46	−2.41
13	14.50	6.56	8.12	−2.19
14	14.79	−2.70	8.06	−2.27