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Universal Kriging

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Universal Kriging - definition(s)

universal kriging - [spatial statistics (use for geostatistics)] A kriging method often used on data with a significant spatial trend, such as a sloping surface. In universal kriging, the expected values of the sampled points are modeled as a polynomial trend. Kriging is carried out on the difference between this trend and the values of the sampled points.

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Source: esri, 22 September 2012 08:29:33, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation External 


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