Spatial Interpolation Comparison data

Description

Data from the SIC-97 project: Spatial Interpolation Comparison.

Usage

data(SIC)

Format

Four objects of the class "geodata": sic.all, sic.100, sic.367, sic.some. Each is a list with two components:

coords

the coordinates of the data locations. The distance are given in kilometers.

data

rainfall values. The unit is milimeters.

altitude

elevation values. The unit is milimeters.

Additionally an matrix sic.borders with the borders of the country.

Source

Data from the project Spatial Interpolation Comparison 97; see ftp://ftp.geog.uwo.ca/SIC97/

References

Christensen, O.F., Diggle, P.J. and Ribeiro Jr, P.J. (2001) Analysing positive-valued spatial data: the transformed Gaussian model. In Monestiez, P., Allard, D. and Froidevaux (eds), GeoENV III - Geostatistics for environmental applications. Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics, Kluwer Series, 11, 287–298.

Examples

points(sic.100, borders=sic.borders)
points(sic.all, borders=sic.borders)