《A GIS-based approach for estimating spatial distribution of seasonal temperature in Zhejiang Province,China》.pdfVIP

Li et al. / J Zhejiang Univ SCIENCE A 2006 7(4):647-656 647 Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A ISSN 1009-3095 (Print); ISSN 1862-1775 (Online) /jzus; E-mail: jzus@ A GIS-based approach for estimating spatial distribution of * seasonal temperature in Zhejiang Province, China LI Jun1, HUANG Jing-feng†‡2, WANG Xiu-zhen3 1 ( Department of Natural Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China) (2Institute of Agricultural Remote Sensing Information Application, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China) (3Zhejiang Meteorological Institute, Hangzhou 310004, China) †E-mail: hjf@ Received Sept. 13, 2005; revision accepted Oct. 26, 2005 Abstract: This paper presents a Zhejiang Province southeastern China seasonal temperature model based on GIS techniques. Terrain variables derived from the 1 km resolution DEM are used as predictors of seasonal temperature, using a regression-based approach. Variables used for modelling include: longitude, latitude, elevation, distance from the nearest coast, direction to the nearest coast, slope, aspect, and the ratio of land to sea within given radii. Seasonal temperature data, for the observation period 1971 to 2000, were obtained from 59 meteorological stations. Temperature data from 52 meteorological stations were used to construct the regression model. Data from the other 7 stations were retained for mode