Table 1 Statistics of model performance using meteorological stations

From: Impact of irrigation on farmworkers’ heat stress in California differs by season and during the day and night

Data source

Station

2-m air temperature

2-m relative humidity

Rho

RMSE

Rho

RMSE

CARBa

Bombay Beach (Coastal)

0.91

2.49

0.53

13.93

Cahuilla (Desert)

0.98

1.40

0.89

9.07

El Centro-9th Street (Urban-agricultural)

0.99

1.11

-

-

Naval Test Base (Coastal)

0.95

2.08

0.83

9.91

Niland-English Road (Coastal-agricultural)

0.96

1.90

0.82

11.43

Salton City (Coastal-urban)

0.95

1.97

0.78

11.52

Sonny Bono (Coastal-agricultural)

0.95

1.87

0.83

10.60

Westmorland-W 1st Street (Urban-agricultural)

0.97

1.75

-

-

CIMISb

Calipatria/Mulberry (Agricultural)

0.97

1.78

0.86

11.52

Seeley (Agricultural)

0.97

1.83

0.87

9.79

Westmorland North (Urban-agricultural)

0.96

1.98

0.79

12.41

  1. Rho is the Pearson correlation coefficient and RMSE is the root mean squared error.
  2. aCalifornia Air Resources Board.
  3. bCalifornia Irrigation Management Information System.