Determining the optimum number of increments in composite sampling

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-327

  Hathaway, John E ^a   Schaalje, G Bruce ^b   Gilbert, Richard O ^a   Pulsipher, Brent A ^a   Matzke, Brett D ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blending; Mixing; Multi increment; Sample Size

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MIXING; SAMPLING;

EID: 49049111603     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-007-0089-x     Document Type: Article

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