This data-set was used by Diggle, Tawn and Moyeed (1998) to illustrate the model-based geostatistical methodology introduced in the paper. discussed in the paper. The radionuclide concentration data set consists of measurements of \(\gamma\)-ray counts at \(157\) locations.
data(rongelap)The object is a list with the following components:
coordsthe coordinates of data locations.
datathe data.
units.m\(n\)-dimensional vector of observation-times for the data.
bordersa matrix with the coordinates defining the coastline on Rongelap Island.
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