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. 2007 Nov 15;7(11):2763–2778. doi: 10.3390/s7112763

Table 3.

Parameters of semi-variogram models and error statistics of their one-leave-out cross-validation for monthly average daily solar radiation over Turkey.

Parameters and error statistics Month

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Moran's I 0.12 0.12 0.1 0.07 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.1 0.13 0.12
Major range (a) 4.74 4.74 7.46 10.66 3.2 5.33 4.03 4.03 4.03 4.14 4.74 4.74
Partial sill (c) 0.42 0.86 1.1 0.45 0.86 0.59 1.48 1.42 0.76 0.37 0.21 0.22
Nugget effect (c0) 0.65 1.01 1.77 2.26 2.9 3.95 3.74 2.89 2.33 1.28 0.7 0.43
Ratio of nugget to sill 0.61 0.54 0.62 0.83 0.77 0.87 0.72 0.67 0.75 0.78 0.77 0.66
Lag size 0.4 0.4 0.63 0.9 0.27 0.45 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.35 0.4 0.4
MPE -0.04 -0.04 -0.12 -0.09 -0.1 -0.17 -0.13 -0.1 -0.1 -0.08 -0.07 -0.04
RMSPE 0.96 1.25 1.54 1.64 1.95 2.12 2.25 2.0 1.71 1.21 0.91 0.81
AKSE 0.97 1.22 1.52 1.65 2.03 2.19 2.23 1.99 1.74 1.27 0.94 0.78
MSPE -0.04 -0.03 -0.08 -0.06 -0.05 -0.08 -0.06 -0.06 -0.06 -0.07 -0.07 -0.06
RMSSPE 0.98 1.01 1.0 0.98 0.96 0.97 1.01 1.01 0.98 0.95 0.96 1.02
R2 (%) for validation 48.99 43.88 37.00 28.03 18.94 13.65 10.99 18.36 28.80 46.48 52.44 50.32

Ratio of nugget to sill: c0 / (c0 + c); MPE: mean prediction error; RMSPE: root mean square prediction error; AKSE: average kriging standard error; MSPE: mean standardized prediction error; RMSSPE: root mean square standardized prediction error.