Geostatistics for Environmental Scientists

Geostatistics is essential for environmental scientists. Weatherand climate vary from place to place, soil varies at every scale atwhich it is examined, and even man-made attributes - such asthe distribution of pollution - vary. The techniques used ingeostatistics are ideally suited to the needs of environmentalscientists, who use them to make the best of sparse data forprediction, and top plan future surveys when resources are limited.

Geostatistical technology has advanced much in the last fewyears and many of these developments are being incorporated intothe practitioner's repertoire. This second edition describesthese techniques for environmental scientists. Topics such asstochastic simulation, sampling, data screening, spatialcovariances, the variogram and its modeling, and spatial predictionby kriging are described in rich detail. At each stage theunderlying theory is fully explained, and the rationale behind thechoices given, allowing the reader to appreciate the assumptionsand constraints involved.