An alternative to cokriging for situations with small sample sizes

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-274

  Abbaspour, K C ^a   Schulin, R ^a   Van Genuchten, M Th ^b   Schlappi E ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Colombi Schmutz Dorthe AG ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cokriging; Geostatistics; Measurement error; Parameter uncertainty; Pedotransfer functions; Small sample size

Indexed keywords

COKRIGING; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0031816281     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021724830427     Document Type: Article

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