Infilling Sparse Records of Spatial Fields
空间场稀疏记录的补全
Historical records of weather, such as monthly precipitation and temperatures from the last century, are an invaluable database to use in studying changes and variability in climate. These data also provide the starting point for understanding and modeling the relationship among climate, ecological processes, and human activities. However, these data are observed irregularly over space and time. The basic statistical problem is to create a complete data record that is…