Training Courses - Advanced Methods in Geostatistical Analysis
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Focus:
Environmental sciences, natural resources, soil science, climatology, geology, geophysics, agronomy and related disciplines.
Upon course completion, you will have
- The software you need to undertake geostatistical analyses, including geostatistical freeware and TerraSeer's STIS software. All training participants will receive a student license of TerraSeer's STIS software to use during the class and take with you upon course conclusion.
- A workbook to review and recreate the course exercises at your own pace.
- A practical understanding about how to systematically carry out geostatistical analysis, using the latest in spatial analytical tools.
This is the second in a set of two courses that teaches fundamentals and applications of geostatistical theory (the first course is the suggested prerequisite). The course is aimed at professionals and researchers dealing with the description and interpolation of spatial data, as well as spatial risk assessment. Particularly relevant applications are the study of pollutant concentration, soil and climatic data. Only basic knowledge of probability and statistics is assumed.
This course presents an overview of the most recent developments in the field of geostatistics and their applications. Interpolation techniques are introduced to incorporate secondary information (soil map, digital elevation model, correlated heavy metals) in the prediction of soil attribute values at unsampled locations. Techniques are taught to show how uncertainty about unsampled values can be assessed and then combined with expert knowledge for decision making such as delineation of contaminated areas where remedial measures should be taken or locations for additional sampling.