Geostatistical Methods in R

Authors

  • Adéla Volfová Student of Geoinformatics Programme Faculty of Civil Engineering Czech Technical University in Prague
  • Martin Šmejkal Student of Geoinformatics Programme Faculty of Civil Engineering Czech Technical University in Prague

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/gi.8.3

Keywords:

geostatistics, R, kriging, cokriging, spatial prediction, spatial data analysis

Abstract

Geostatistics is a scientific field which provides methods for processing spatial data.  In our project, geostatistics is used as a tool for describing spatial continuity and making predictions of some natural phenomena. An open source statistical project called R is used for all calculations. Listeners will be provided with a brief introduction to R and its geostatistical packages and basic principles of kriging and cokriging methods. Heavy mathematical background is omitted due to its complexity. In the second part of the presentation, several examples are shown of how to make a prediction in the whole area of interest where observations were made in just a few points. Results of these methods are compared.

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Published

2012-10-14

Issue

Vol. 8 (2012)

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