This paper introduces the gstat package for the S language (R, S-PLUS). The package provides multivariable geostatistical modelling, prediction and simulation, as well as several visualisation functions. Gstat (http://www. gstat.org) was started 10 years ago and was released under the GPL in 1996; it is closely linked to several GIS systems. It was not initially written for teaching purposes, b...

Accurate mapping of total soil C on the field scale is essential for evaluating efforts to sequester soil C and for providing individual producers with information on C sequestration potentials of their fields. Data on easily measured secondary variables that are strongly related to soil C are believed to be helpful in improving mapping accuracy. The objective of this study was to assess improv...

Ordinary kriging and cokriging are two geostatistical techniques used to create continuous maps of spatially autocorrelated attributes. Both procedures use the same primary variable, but cokriging, like multivariate statistics, incorporates additional independent variables. In this study, the primary variable is cubic foot volume and the secondary variable, mean normalized difference vegetation...

The packages geoR and geoRglm are contributed packages to the statistical software system R, implementing methods for model-based geostatistical data-analysis. In this paper we focus on the capabilities of the packages, the computational implementation and related issues, and indicate directions for future developments. geoR implements methods for Gaussian and transformed Gaussian models. The p...

Spatial patterns of soil moisture across a field seem to exhibit some degree of temporal stability, which has been proved to be related to such invariant attributes as topography and soil characteristics. However, how these patterns and locations might be predicted from these attributes is not well understood. Motivated by a desire to understand these relationships, the objective of this study ...

This paper discusses advantages and shortcomings of the S environment for multivariable geostatistics, in particular when extended with the gstat package, an extension package for the S environments (R, S-Plus). The gstat S package provides multivariable geostatistical modelling, prediction and simulation, as well as several visualisation functions. In particular, it makes the calculation, simu...

Industrialization and urbanization taking place at faster rate in Coimbatore city. Hence the discharge rate of industry effluents and wastes are increasing at alarming rate. These effluents and wastes are being discharged randomly on soil, river, lake and road side without any treatment. They pollute productive soil, natural water system as well as ground water. Assessment of heavy metal conten...