Range (geostatistics)

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As range (engl. Range ) is referred to in the geostatistics the interpolation in the geo-referenced data according to the respective interpolation maximum distance between two data points at which still a statistical correlation can be established. If the distance between two measured values ​​is greater than the range, they are uncorrelated . The range is usually read from experimental semivariograms or calculated on the basis of statistical programs.

It is important to be able to offer an explanation for the range based on previous knowledge of the data set, since an inexplicable range can very easily be an artifact of the method and this becomes at least less likely if previous knowledge is taken into account.

literature

• Hikmet Akin, Heinrich Siemes: Practical geostatistics. An introduction to mining and geosciences . Springer, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-540-19085-6 .