I have three transects on opposing slopes. Each transect has ibutton data loggers set to record temperature at hourly intervals. The loggers are spaced at 20m altitudinal intervals from 1550 - 1810m (west-facing slope) and 1550 - 1690m (east-facing slope). Each transect has three ibuttons per altitudinal interval for replication and averaging purposes.
I have the average temperatures for each altitudinal interval (average of three ibuttons for each elevational interval) and have split the data according to seasons.
I would like to interpolate the averaged seasonal temperatures of to create a temperature layer (interpolate to a DEM) which I would then want to use as a covariate for occupancy modelling of a vulnerable species of lizard.
The other problem is that in the south of my study site the elevation is ca. 1450m (see attached map for context)
for which I have no temperature data so I would have to interpolate outside of my known data points (if that makes sense).
How can I do this in ArcGIS (if it is possible to do)?