Optimization of the number of rain gage stations based on interpolation methods and principal components analysis in Iran

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1 Graduate Student, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Hormozgan, Bandar -Abbas, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Hormozgan, Bandar- Abbas, Iran

Abstract

Optimization of the number of synoptic stations in the estimation of rainfall is an important step in terms of reducing the maintenance cost and saving the data collection. The main objective of this study was to determine the optimal number of synoptic stations to estimate the amount of rainfall in Iran. Accordingly, the amount of rainfall of synoptic stations related to a common 14-year period was received from the National Weather Service and the performances of five different interpolation methods were evaluated. Based on the results of radial basis function (RBF), with a margin of error of 0.63, this method was selected as the most appropriate method in fitting the data. Studies show that eliminating the synoptic stations in PCA method increases the estimation error of RMSE from 0.48 to 0.52 related given that all synoptic stations were used; moreover, in the radial basis function, interpolation method decreases from 0.63 to 0.55 which indicates the suitability of this method in the optimization of synoptic stations. The results indicate that through removing 34 and 22 points from the network of synoptic stations in Iran respectively in the PCA method and interpolation method of radial basis, the resulting error will acceptable.

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Iranian journal of Ecohydrology
Volume 4, Issue 3
September 2017
Pages 897-910

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  • Receive Date: 04 April 2017
  • Revise Date: 21 May 2017
  • Accept Date: 31 May 2017
  • First Publish Date: 23 September 2017
  • Publish Date: 23 September 2017

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