Inhalt

1. Block - Introduction

• Why spatial observations: the observation problem
• Scale issues: non exhaustive observations
• Recall of data types and univariate statistics

2. Block - detecting spatial structure

• Experimental variogram and co-variogram
• Theoretical variogram functions
• Directional variogram
• Indicator variogram

3. Block - filling the gaps

• Inverse Distance interpolation
• Kriging methods
• Advanced Kriging
• Turning bands simulation

If you want to prepare for the course:

• Bárdossy, A (1997): Introduction into Geostatistics. Inst. f. Wasserbau, Universität Stuttgart.
• Kitanidis, P.K. (1999): Introduction into Geostatistics. Applications in Hydrogeology. Cambridge University Press.
• Bras, R.L., Rodriguez-Iturbe, I. (1985): Random Functions and Hydrology. Addison-Wesley Massachusetts.