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

Table 7

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

Number of stations	Arithmetic average (mm)	Thiessen polygon (mm)	OK (mm)	B-SHADE (mm)
2	0.28	0.01	—	0.31
3	0.37	0.07	0.20	−0.04
4	0.26	0.03	0.20	−0.11
5	0.62	0.02	0.27	−0.29
6	0.77	0.21	0.67	0.06
7	0.42	0.14	0.33	0.03
8	0.23	−0.09	0.25	0.00
9	0.26	−0.13	0.16	−0.04
10	0.45	−0.02	0.19	−0.04
11	0.49	−0.09	0.13	−0.02
12	0.55	−0.06	0.20	−0.01
13	0.60	−0.02	0.19	−0.01
14	0.71	−0.20	0.22	−0.01