parana                 package:geoR                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This data-set was used by Diggle and Ribeiro (2001) to illustrate
     the methods discussed in the paper. The data reported analysis was
     carried out using the package geoR. 

     The data refers to average rainfall over different years for the
     period May-June (dry-season). It was collected at 143 recording
     stations throughout Parana State, Brasil.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(parana)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     Three objects are provided:

     `_m_a_i_j_u_n' a list with coordinates of the recording stations and the
          May-June average data.  

     `_b_o_r_d_e_r_s' a matrix with the coordinates defining the borders of
          Parana state.  

     `_l_o_c_i._p_a_p_e_r' a matrix with the coordinates of the four prediction
          locations discussed in the paper. 

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     The data were collected at several recording stations at Parana
     State, Brasil, belonging to the following companies: COPEL, IAPAR,
     DNAEE, SUREHMA  and INEMET.

     The data base was organized by Laura Regina Bernardes Kiihl
     (IAPAR, Instituto Agronomico do Parana, Londrina, Brasil) and the
     fraction of the data included in this data-set was provided by
     Jacinta Loudovico Zamboti (Universidade Estadual de Londrina,
     Brasil). The coordinates of the borders of Parana State were
     provided by Joao Henrique Caviglione (IAPAR).

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Diggle, P.J. and Ribeiro Jr, P.J. (2001). Bayesian inference in
     Gaussian model-based geostatistics. Geographical and Environmental
     Modeling (to appear) 

     Further information about geoR can be found at:
     <URL: http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~ribeiro/geoR.html>.

