SIC {geoR} | R Documentation

## Spatial Interpolation Comparison data

### Description

Data from the SIC-97 project: Spatial Interpolation Comparison.

### Usage

    data(SIC)

### Format

Four objects of the `class` `"geodata"`: `sic.all`, `sic.100`, `sic.367`, `sic.some`. Each is a list with two components:

`coords`
  the coordinates of the data locations. The distance are given in kilometers.
`data`
  rainfall values. The unit is milimeters.
`altitude`
  elevation values. The unit is milimeters.

Additionally an matrix `sic.borders` with the borders of the country.

### Source

Data from the project Spatial Interpolation Comparison 97; see ftp://ftp.geog.uwo.ca/SIC97/

### References

Christensen, O.F., Diggle, P.J. and Ribeiro Jr, P.J. (2001) Analysing positive-valued spatial data: the transformed Gaussian model. In Monestiez, P., Allard, D. and Froidevaux (eds), GeoENV III - Geostatistics for environmental applications. Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics, Kluwer Series, 11, 287–298.

### Examples

    data(SIC)
    points(sic.100, borders=sic.borders)

[Package geoR version 1.5-7 Index]