Inverse Distance Weighted




  • (a) Select Inverse Distance Weighted as interpolation method from drop down list.

  • (b) Enter the minimum number of neighbor stations nmin to interpolate a grid node.

  • (c) Enter the minimum number of neighbor stations nmax to interpolate a grid node.

  • (d) Enter the maximum distance maxdist (units in decimal degree) to define the search radius used to select the stations to interpolate a grid node.

  • (e) Check this box if you want to apply a spatial smoothing to the interpolated data. To define the block type and size, use the function interpolation.options() on the R console, and change the arguments blockType and blockSize. For more details on how the block is created, see the method CDT used for spatial smoothing.


Modified Shepard interpolation




  • (a) Select Modified Shepard interpolation as interpolation method from drop down list.

  • (b) Enter the minimum number of neighbor stations nmin to interpolate a grid node.

  • (c) Enter the minimum number of neighbor stations nmax to interpolate a grid node.


Spheremap interpolation method




  • (a) Select Spheremap interpolation method as interpolation method from drop down list.

  • (b) Enter the minimum number of neighbor stations nmin to interpolate a grid node.

  • (c) Enter the minimum number of neighbor stations nmax to interpolate a grid node.


Ordinary Kriging




  • (a) Select Ordinary Kriging as interpolation method from drop down list.

  • (b) Enter the minimum number of neighbor stations nmin to interpolate a grid node.

  • (c) Enter the minimum number of neighbor stations nmax to interpolate a grid node.

  • (d) Enter the maximum distance maxdist (units in decimal degree) to define the search radius used to select the stations to interpolate a grid node.

  • (e) Check this box if you want to apply a spatial smoothing to the interpolated data. To define the block type and size, use the function interpolation.options() on the R console, and change the arguments blockType and blockSize. For more details on how the block is created, see the method CDT used for spatial smoothing.

  • (f) Enter the list of candidate variogram models to be selected, the list must be separated by a comma. CDT use the function autofitVariogram from the package automap to fit the variogram. The best fitting will be used for the interpolation. A list of all permitted variogram models is available by typing vgm() on the R console.

  • (g) Enter the minimum number of stations with non-missing data to be used to compute the sample variogram.


Universal Kriging




  • (a) Select Universal Kriging as interpolation method from drop down list.

  • (b) Enter the minimum number of neighbor stations nmin to interpolate a grid node.

  • (c) Enter the minimum number of neighbor stations nmax to interpolate a grid node.

  • (d) Check this box if you want to apply a spatial smoothing to the interpolated data. To define the block type and size, use the function interpolation.options() on the R console, and change the arguments blockType and blockSize. For more details on how the block is created, see the method CDT used for spatial smoothing.

  • (e) Enter the list of candidate variogram models to be selected, the list must be separated by a comma. CDT use the function autofitVariogram from the package automap to fit the variogram. The best fitting will be used for the interpolation. A list of all permitted variogram models is available by typing vgm() on the R console.

  • (f) Enter the minimum number of stations with non-missing data to be used to compute the sample variogram.

  • (g) Check the auxiliaries variables to be used. You can choose between: elevation data; slope and aspect computed from the elevation data, see the function terrain from the raster package fro more details; longitude and latitude.

  • (h) In case you include elevation, slope and/or aspect, you have to provide the elevation data in NetCDF format, select it from the drop-down list if it is already loaded or open it from the browse button   …  .


Nearest Neighbor




  • (a) Select Nearest Neighbor as interpolation method from drop down list.

  • (b) Enter the maximum distance (units in decimal degree) to define the search radius used to select the station to interpolate a grid node.


Nearest Neighbor with elevation - 3D




  • (a) Select Nearest Neighbor with elevation - 3D as interpolation method from drop down list.

  • (b) Enter the maximum distance (units in decimal degree) to define the search radius used to select the station to interpolate a grid node.

  • (c) Select the elevation data, in NetCDF format, from the drop-down list if it is already loaded or open it from the browse button   …  .