| On the validation of models CJ Willmott Physical geography 2 (2), 184-194, 1981 | 5468 | 1981 |
| Advantages of the mean absolute error (MAE) over the root mean square error (RMSE) in assessing average model performance CJ Willmott, K Matsuura Climate research 30 (1), 79-82, 2005 | 5000 | 2005 |
| Some comments on the evaluation of model performance CJ Willmott Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 63 (11), 1309-1313, 1982 | 4351 | 1982 |
| Statistics for the evaluation and comparison of models CJ Willmott, SG Ackleson, RE Davis, JJ Feddema, KM Klink, DR Legates, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 90 (C5), 8995-9005, 1985 | 2497 | 1985 |
| Mean seasonal and spatial variability in gauge‐corrected, global precipitation DR Legates, CJ Willmott International Journal of Climatology 10 (2), 111-127, 1990 | 1978 | 1990 |
| A refined index of model performance CJ Willmott, SM Robeson, K Matsuura International Journal of climatology 32 (13), 2088-2094, 2012 | 1255 | 2012 |
| Mean seasonal and spatial variability in global surface air temperature DR Legates, CJ Willmott Theoretical and applied climatology 41, 11-21, 1990 | 821 | 1990 |
| Climatology of the terrestrial seasonal water cycle CJ Willmott, CM Rowe, Y Mintz Journal of Climatology 5 (6), 589-606, 1985 | 669 | 1985 |
| On the evaluation of model performance in physical geography CJ Willmott Spatial statistics and models, 443-460, 1984 | 650 | 1984 |
| Smart interpolation of annually averaged air temperature in the United States CJ Willmott, K Matsuura Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 34 (12), 2577-2586, 1995 | 495 | 1995 |
| Small-scale climate maps: A sensitivity analysis of some common assumptions associated with grid-point interpolation and contouring CJ Willmott, CM Rowe, WD Philpot The American Cartographer 12 (1), 5-16, 1985 | 484 | 1985 |
| Uncertainties in precipitation and their impacts on runoff estimates BM Fekete, CJ Vörösmarty, JO Roads, CJ Willmott Journal of Climate 17 (2), 294-304, 2004 | 482 | 2004 |
| Climatologically aided interpolation (CAI) of terrestrial air temperature CJ Willmott, SM Robeson International Journal of Climatology 15 (2), 221-229, 1995 | 418 | 1995 |
| Terrestrial air temperature and precipitation: Monthly and annual time series (1950-1996) CJ Willmott WWW url: http://climate. geog. udel. edu/~ climate/html_pages/README …, 2000 | 360 | 2000 |
| Rediscovering Geography New Relevance for Science and Society RGC National Research Council National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1997 | 299 | 1997 |
| On the use of dimensioned measures of error to evaluate the performance of spatial interpolators CJ Willmott, K Matsuura International journal of geographical information science 20 (1), 89-102, 2006 | 289 | 2006 |
| Ambiguities inherent in sums-of-squares-based error statistics CJ Willmott, K Matsuura, SM Robeson Atmospheric Environment 43 (3), 749-752, 2009 | 237 | 2009 |
| An empirical method for the spatial interpolation of monthly precipitation within California CJ Willmott, DE Wicks Physical Geography 1 (1), 59-73, 1980 | 232 | 1980 |
| A more rational climatic moisture index CJ Willmott, JJ Feddema The Professional Geographer 44 (1), 84-88, 1992 | 231 | 1992 |
| Analyzing the discharge regime of a large tropical river through remote sensing, ground‐based climatic data, and modeling CJ Vörösmarty, CJ Willmott, BJ Choudhury, AL Schloss, TK Stearns, ... Water Resources Research 32 (10), 3137-3150, 1996 | 199 | 1996 |
David LegatesProfessor of Climatology, University of DelawareVerified email at udel.edu
