Spatial inference of nitrate concentrations in groundwater

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-227

  Woodard, Dawn B ^a   Wolpert, Robert L ^b   O'Connell, Michael A ^c  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Waratah Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Geostatistics; Kriging; L vy processes; Nonparametrics; Response surface; Spatial moving average

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KRIGING; NITRATE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; THRESHOLD; WATERSHED;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953636413     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13253-009-0006-x     Document Type: Article

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