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

Table 6

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

Number of stations	Arithmetic average (mm)	Thiessen polygon (mm)	OK (mm)	B-SHADE (mm)
2	−1.66	−2.74	—	−3.01
3	3.82	1.20	2.47	−2.41
4	4.44	1.00	3.77	−1.83
5	9.41	2.79	6.45	−1.05
6	5.79	2.00	4.50	−0.71
7	3.79	2.08	2.38	−0.62
8	2.74	0.74	1.17	−0.50
9	4.08	1.09	2.39	−0.41
10	4.27	0.68	2.04	−0.59
11	7.98	1.65	2.78	0.02
12	7.74	1.75	2.81	0.42
13	8.07	1.94	2.88	0.43
14	7.92	−0.87	2.69	0.29