MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION MAP

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06-19-2012 07:09 AM
MIGUELLOPEZ
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I'm trying to recreate the following Mean Precipitation Map on Spatial Analyst:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/sju/climo/monthly_reports/ncdc_precip_normalsxm_PR_USVI_new.jpg

I have the point feature class with the precipitation values and the limit polyline.
What else do I need to do an Interpolation using the IDW method? Do I have to convert the points to polygons?
What values do you recommend to get a similar result?
Thanks a lot !!!!!!
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MarcinGasior
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IDW interpolation method uses points as input.

In interpolation there's no one, best set of parameters.
You have to experiment what settings produce best results.
In your case try default settings first, then try changing Number of points in Search Radius Settings section.
Finally you can try change a Power parameter.
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