A geostatistical approach to data harmonization - Application to radioactivity exposure data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 409-419

  Baume, O ^a   Skoien J O ^b   Heuvelink, G B M ^a   Pebesma, E J ^c   Melles, S J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Least squares estimation; Measurement equation; Natural drifts; Network bias; Universal kriging

Indexed keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 79955626751     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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