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Circular Variance

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Circular Variance - definition(s)

circular variance - [spatial statistics (use for geostatistics)] A measure of directional variation, on a scale from zero to one, among a set of line vectors. Circular variance approaches zero when all vectors point in roughly the same direction and approaches one when the vectors point in markedly different directions.

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Source: esri, 18 February 2012 09:39:16, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation External 


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