An improvement on the Papadakis covariate to account for spatial variation

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-413

  Taye, Girma ^a   Njuho, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Kriged covariate; Modified Papadakis covariate; Semivariogram; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; CROP YIELD; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41549104766     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/108571107X227946     Document Type: Article

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