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Cross-covariance models; Nonseparable multivariate models; Bayesian inference; Statistical space-time modeling; Gaussian; Stationarity; Separability; Matrix, inverse; Determinant; Dimension reduction; Parametric model; MCMC; GIbb's sampling; Markov random field (MRF)
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Multivariate Spatial and Spatiotemporal Processes
Statistical space–time modeling has proven to be an essential tool in the environmental sciences to describe complex spatial and temporal behavior of physical processes. Statistical models also allow for prediction of underlying spatial-temporal processes at new locations and times based on noisy observations. In many cases the data being analyzed consist of multivariate observations, meaning multiple variables have been measured at the same location and time. For example, air monitoring networks often record multiple pollutant levels at a single monitoring site. The same is true for meteorological stations that may record air temperature, humidity,...
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Foley, K., Fuentes, M. (2008). Hurricane Wind Fields, Multivariate Modeling. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_572
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