Estimating the theoretical semivariogram from finite numbers of measurements

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 361-366

  Zheng, Li ^a   Silliman, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

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EID: 0033986673     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900270     Document Type: Article

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