Spatial sampling and the environment: Some issues and directions

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-233

  Cox, Dennis D ^a,c   Cox, Lawrence H ^b   Ensor, Katherine B ^b,c  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Experimental design; Kriging; Multiphase sampling; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SAMPLING; SPATIAL STATISTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031432157     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018578513217     Document Type: Article

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