Assimilation of In Situ Meteorological Data to Optimize a Weather Service for Mosquito Control †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | ME/MBIAS 1 | MAE 1 | RMSE 1 | PR_COR | ||||||||
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NODA | WRFDA | OBSN | NODA | WRFDA | OBSN | NODA | WRFDA | OBSN | NODA | WRFDA | OBSN | |
TMP (K) | 0.48 (0.44, 0.52) | 0.65 (0.61, 0.70) | 0.61 (0.56, 0.65) | 1.76 (1.73, 1.79) | 1.77 (1.74, 1.80) | 1.74 (1.71, 1.77) | 2.33 (2.28, 2.37) | 2.35 (2.31, 2.39) | 2.32 (2.28, 2.37) | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.92 |
RH (%) | 0.82 (0.81, 0.82) | 0.81 (0.80, 0.81) | 0.80 (0.80, 0.81) | 13.93 (13.73, 14.13) | 14.23 (14.03, 14.44) | 14.45 (14.24, 14.65) | 17.28 (17.05, 17.52) | 17.58 (17.34, 17.81) | 17.54 (17.54, 18.02) | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.69 |
WIND (ms−1) | 2.39 (2.34, 2.44) | 2.39 (2.34, 2.44) | 2.37 (2.32, 2.43) | 1.79 (1.76, 1.82) | 1.79 (1.77, 1.82) | 1.78 (1.75, 1.81) | 2.26 (2.22, 2.31) | 2.27 (2.22, 2.31) | 2.26 (2.21, 2.30) | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.38 |
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Kartsios, S.; Katragkou, E.; Karypidou, M.-C.; Gewehr, S.; Mourelatos, S. Assimilation of In Situ Meteorological Data to Optimize a Weather Service for Mosquito Control. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2023, 26, 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026005
Kartsios S, Katragkou E, Karypidou M-C, Gewehr S, Mourelatos S. Assimilation of In Situ Meteorological Data to Optimize a Weather Service for Mosquito Control. Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2023; 26(1):5. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026005
Chicago/Turabian StyleKartsios, Stergios, Eleni Katragkou, Maria-Chara Karypidou, Sandra Gewehr, and Spiros Mourelatos. 2023. "Assimilation of In Situ Meteorological Data to Optimize a Weather Service for Mosquito Control" Environmental Sciences Proceedings 26, no. 1: 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026005