Variable area surveys are used in large geographic regions to estimate the density of birds distributed over a region. If some birds go undetected, a measure of the effective area surveyed, the amount of area occupied by the birds detected, is needed. The effective area surveyed is determined by observational,...
Geostatistical linear interpolation procedures such as kriging require knowledge of the
covariance structure of the spatial process under investigation. In practice, the covariance of the
process is unknown, and must be estimated from the available data. As the quality of the
resulting predictions, and associated mean square prediction errors, depends...
Response of agricultural crops to irrigation water deficit is well-understood at the field scale. Broader scale (watershed and county levels) studies have been less frequently performed. Data collection at the field level for extensive areas is time consuming and expensive. The importance of studies at a broader scale for evaluating...
Three studies were conducted related to the measurement and impact of
stream sediment fecal coliform (FC) bacteria on stream water quality. In part one
an enumeration technique for sediment FC was defined and statistically
characterized. This characterization necessitated the development of a sample
splitting mechanism, which was found to split...