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Characterizing Spatial Processes: The Covariance and Variogram

R. Webster, Margaret A. Oliver

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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction A stochastic approach to spatial variation: the theory of regionalized variables Spatial covariance The covariance function Intrinsic variation and the variogram Characteristics of the spatial correlation functions Which variogram? Support and Krige's relation Estimating semivariances and covariances

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Key concepts: Variogram, Covariance, Covariance function, Spatial variability, Covariance mapping, Matérn covariance function, Geostatistics, Mathematics