Air temperature suitability for Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission in Africa 2000-2012: a high-resolution spatiotemporal prediction

Table 1 Validation results for the gap-filling procedure applied to the LST mosaics

Year	Day of year	Calendar date	Type	Introduced stripe width (km)	R²	RMSE (degrees C)
2001	145	May 25^th	Night	25	0.976	0.750
2001	145	May 25^th	Night	500	0.896	1.335
2004	65	Mar 5^th	Night	25	0.974	0.865
2004	65	Mar 5^th	Night	500	0.919	1.376
2006	177	Jun 26^th	Night	25	0.980	0.890
2006	177	Jun 26^th	Night	500	0.910	1.647
2011	321	Nov 17^th	Night	25	0.978	0.895
2011	321	Nov 17^th	Night	500	0.916	1.511
2012	241	Aug 28^th	Night	25	0.969	0.838
2012	241	Aug 28^th	Night	500	0.877	1.516
2001	129	May 9^th	Day	25	0.983	1.179
2001	129	May 9^th	Day	500	0.944	1.942
2005	257	Sep 14^th	Day	25	0.978	1.142
2005	257	Sep 14^th	Day	500	0.900	2.167
2005	9	Jan 9^th	Day	25	0.973	1.392
2005	9	Jan 9^th	Day	500	0.895	2.429
2006	73	Apr 14^th	Day	25	0.967	1.273
2006	73	Apr 14^th	Day	500	0.890	2.003
2007	145	May 25^th	Day	25	0.983	1.204
2007	145	May 25^th	Day	500	0.942	1.976
Mean			Night	25	0.975	0.848
Mean			Night	500	0.904	1.477
Mean			Day	25	0.977	1.238
Mean			Day	500	0.914	2.103

Validation datasets were selected at random, but stratified to capture a wide range of seasonal conditions.

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