Using rank-order geostatistics for spatial interpolation of highly skewed data in a heavy-metal contaminated site

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 894-903

  Juang, Kai Wei ^a   Lee, Dar Yuan ^a   Ellsworth, Timothy R ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS (EDF); RANK ORDER GEOSTATISTICS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; HAZARD; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035008581     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2001.303894x     Document Type: Article

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