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    The comap as a diagnostic tool for non-stationary kriging models


    Harris, Paul and Charlton, Martin and Brunsdon, Chris (2013) The comap as a diagnostic tool for non-stationary kriging models. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 27 (3). pp. 551-541. ISSN 1365-8816

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    Abstract

    In this study, we demonstrate a novel use of comaps to explore spatially the performance, specification and parameterisation of a non-stationary geostatistical predictor. The comap allows the spatial investigation of the relationship between two geographically referenced variables via conditional distributions. Rather than investigating bivariate relationships in the study data, we use comaps to investigate bivariate relationships in the key outputs of a spatial predictor. In particular, we calibrate moving window kriging (MWK) models, where a local variogram is found at every target location. This predictor has often proved worthy for processes that are heterogeneous, and most standard (global variogram) kriging algorithms can be adapted in this manner. We show that the use of comaps enables a better understanding of our chosen MWK models, which in turn allows a more informed choice when selecting one MWK specification over another. As case studies, we apply four variants of MWK to two heterogeneous example data sets: (i) freshwater acidification critical load data for Great Britain and (ii) London house price data. As both of these data sets are strewn with local anomalies, three of our chosen models are robust (and novel) extensions of MWK, where at least one of which is shown to perform better than a non-robust counterpart.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: visualisation; coplot; robust; local variogram; geographically weighted;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > National Centre for Geocomputation, NCG
    Item ID: 5751
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2012.698014
    Depositing User: Martin Charlton
    Date Deposited: 02 Feb 2015 11:18
    Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Geographical Information Science
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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