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Trend surface analysis

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Worldwide temperature trend analysis

Trend surface analysis is a mathematical technique used in environmental sciences (archeology, geology, soil science, etc.). Trend surface analysis (also called trend surface mapping) is a method based on low-order polynomials of spatial coordinates for estimating a regular grid of points from scattered observations. For example, from archeological finds or from soil survey.[1]

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  1. ^ Agterberg, Frits P. (1984), Gaile, Gary L.; Willmott, Cort J. (eds.), "Trend Surface Analysis", Spatial Statistics and Models, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 147–171, doi:10.1007/978-94-017-3048-8_8, ISBN 978-90-481-8385-2, retrieved 2024-04-20