Hi You will find drift also referred to as "trend", generally understood as a change in the 'expected' value from place to place within your study area. For example, an airborne pollutant with a single source will show higher values close to the source tending to 'thin out' as the distance to the source increases. In this case, the relationship does not just depend on the distance between samples but also on the actual location relative to the source. We have a free tutorial on "kriging with trend" which can be found by following links on http://www.kriging.com Isobel
Olumide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello - I'm still new to geostatistics, and I've come across the term, drift a few times, but I don't really understand what it means. Can someone offer a simple explanation? Thanks, - Olumide + + To post a message to the list, send it to ai-geostats@jrc.it + To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@ jrc.it with no subject and "unsubscribe ai-geostats" in the message body. DO NOT SEND Subscribe/Unsubscribe requests to the list + As a general service to list users, please remember to post a summary of any useful responses to your questions. + Support to the forum can be found at http://www.ai-geostats.org/