Geography, spatial data analysis, and geostatistics: An overview

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-31

  Haining, Robert P ^a   Kerry, Ruth ^b,c   Oliver, Margaret A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GEOSTATISTICS; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 75249099429     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2009.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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