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Table I

Results of cross validation over a time span of 4018 d, with n = number of stations used for validation, r2 = coefficient of determination between measured and interpolated daily climate values, MAE = mean absolute error, PMAE = percentage mean absolute error, DTR = diurnal temperature range.

Daily Monthly


Variable n r 2 MAE PMAE r 2 MAE PMAE

Temperature 417 0.99 0.5 5.8 1.00 0.3 3.5
Temperature (max.) 417 0.99 0.6 4.5 1.00 0.4 2.8
Temperature (min.) 417 0.98 0.8 15.3 1.00 0.5 9.3
DTR 417 0.91 1.0 11.7 0.96 0.6 7.0
Precipitation 161 0.84 0.8 37.7 0.89 9.8 14.4
Rel. humidity 417 0.88 3.4 4.2 0.93 2.1 2.7
Solar radiation 112 0.97 10.3 8.6 0.99 6.1 5.2
Wind speed 417 0.70 0.9 36.9 0.72 0.7 29.2