An Introduction to Spatial and

Matt Robinson and Sebastian Dietrich RenR 690 – Spring 2016 Tobler and Spatial Relationships

• Tobler’s 1st Law of : “Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things.”1

• Simple but powerful concept

• Patterns exist across

• Forms basic foundation for concepts related to spatial dependency Waldo R. Tobler

(1) Tobler W., (1970) "A computer movie simulating urban growth in the Detroit region". , 46(2): 234-240. Spatial Autocorrelation (SAC) – What is it?

• Autocorrelation: A variable is correlated with itself (literally!)

• Spatial Autocorrelation: Values of a , at paired points, are more or less similar as a of the distance between them 2

Closer Points more similar = Positive Autocorrelation Closer Points less similar = Negative Autocorrelation

(2) Legendre P. Spatial Autocorrelation: Trouble or New Paradigm? Ecology. 1993 Sep;74(6):1659–1673. What causes Spatial Autocorrelation?

(1) Artifact of Experimental Design (sample sites not random) Parent Plant (2) of variables across space (see below)

Univariate case – response variable is correlated with itself Eg. Plant abundance higher (clustered) close to other plants (seeds fall and germinate close to parent).

Multivariate case – interactions of response and predictor variables due to inherent properties of the variables Eg. Location of seed germination function of wind and preferred soil conditions

Mechanisms underlying patterns will depend on study system!!

Why is it important?

Presence of SAC can be good or bad (depends on your objectives)

Good: If SAC exists, it may allow reliable estimation at nearby, non-sampled sites ().

Bad: If SAC exists, observations are not independent (violates assumption of many statistical tests)

 Failure to recognize/account for SAC can lead to erroneous statistical results and conclusions

Structure Functions

Spatial structure = spatial patterns in your

Structure Functions - mathematical functions that describe spatial autocorrelation and spatial structure 3

 Include terms that account for distance between sites

Most common structure functions based on () and ()

(3) Legendre P, Fortin MJ. 1989. Spatial pattern and ecological analysis. Vegetation. 80(2):107–138. Tests for SAC: Moran’s I

Moran’s I (Moran’s Index): Measures degree of correlation between sample/observation points based on both variable values and distance between points 4

Determines whether spatial pattern in data is random, clustered, or dispersed.

(4) How Spatial Autocorrelation (Global Moran’s I) works - (ArcGIS Desktop Help). Available from: http://help.arcgis.com/En/Arcgisdesktop/10.0/Help/index.html#//005p0000000t000000 Moran’s I - Explained

Extension of Pearson’s , r

Pearson’s (r): Measures association between 2 different variables

Moran’s I: Measures degree of association of single variable with itself at different points in space as a function of distance between points (called a spatial lag)5

Range: -1.0 (negative SAC) and 1.0 (positive SAC) Value close to zero indicates no/little SAC

(5) Fortin, M.J., Dale, M.R. and Ver Hoef, J.M. 2002. in ecology. Encyclopedia of environment.

Math Behind Moran’s I

(1) Calculate Matrix of Inverse Distance Weights - defines spatial relationship between all sample Distance weight Variable x at (from matrix) points i and j point pairs within a specified area.

Observed I

S0 = Sum of all weights

(2) Calculate Observed and Expected Moran I

Expected I (Under H0 of No SAC) (3) Compare to Observed to Expected Moran’s I

(expected under H0 of no SAC)

Moran’s I: In R (using package “ape”)

(1) Input dataframe Response variable x and y coordinates (specify location of Example Dataframe sample points to be tested)

Station Av8top Lat Lon 1 60 7.225806 34.13583 -117.9236 2 69 5.899194 34.17611 -118.3153 3 72 4.052885 33.82361 -118.1875 (3) Run Moran’s I Function 4 74 7.181452 34.19944 -118.5347 5 …….. Moran.I(ozone$Av8top, ozone.dists.inv)

(2) Calculate Inverse Distance Matrix zone.dists <- as.matrix(dist(cbind(ozone$Lon, ozone$Lat)))

ozone.dists.inv <- 1/ozone.dists diag(ozone.dists.inv) <- 0

ozone.dists.inv[1:5, 1:5]

Source: http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/r/faq/morans_i.htm Moran’s I: Output and Interpretation In R

Moran’s I is an Inferential - Must examine in Context of Null Hypothesis (No Spatial Autocorrelation) Observed > Expected: values cluster spatially (1) Look at p-value ( + autocorrelation)  Significant p-value: reject H0 (Autocorrelation exists). Observed < Expected values disperse spatially (2) Examine Observed and Expected Moran’s I (- autocorrelation)

Observed = Moran’s I calculated from the data

Expected = Moran’s I expected under H0 Output in R (no spatial autocorrelation)

sd = of Moran’s I under H0

p.value = p-value of the test of H0 against HA Source: http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/r/faq/morans_i.htm Source: http://www.inside-r.org/packages/cran/ape/docs/Moran.I

Other Autocorrelation Indices

• Geary’s C – (similar to Moran’s) - more sensitive to differences in small spatial neighborhoods

• Moran’s I – global measurement; sensitive to extreme Geary’s C values

 Result in similar conclusions, but Moran’s generally preferred (more powerful)5,6

For more information see: http://geog.ucsb.edu/~chris/readings/Spatial.Analysis.in.Ecology.Encyclopedia.E nvironmetrics.pdf

(5) Cliff, AD and Ord, JK (1975). The choice of a test for spatial autocorrelation. In J. C. Davies and M. J. McCullagh (eds) Display and Analysis of Spatial Data, John Wiley and Sons, London, 54-77

(6) Cliff, A. D. and Ord, J. K. 1981 Spatial processes - models and applications. (London: Pion).

The Variogram

Georges François Paul Marie Matheron December 2, 1930 – August 7, 2000 French mathematician and , known as the founder of

Georges Matheron Principles of geostatistics Economic Geology 1963 58:1246-1266

Source: http://faculty.washington.edu/edford/Variogram.pdf Variogram continued

All credit to / Source: http://faculty.washington.edu/edford/Variogram.pdf The variogram in a more ecologic context: The experimental variogram allows the description of the overall spatial pattern and the estimation of spatial autocorrelation parameters: (a) the spatial , a, where the variable is spatially influenced by the same underlying process; (b) the nugget effect, which is the estimate of the error inherent in the measurements ( design and sampling unit size) and environmental variability; and (c) the sill that quantifies the spatial pattern intensity

 Secondly we derive a theoretical variogram which can be used for prediction of values (kriging)

All credit to / Source (good read!): Spatial analysis in ecology Marie-Josee Fortin, Mark R.T. Dale & Jay ver Hoef ´ Volume 4, pp 2051–2058 in Encyclopedia of Environmetrics http://geog.ucsb.edu/~chris/readings/Spatial.Analysis.in.Ecology.Encyclopedia.Environmetrics.pdf Suggested read Variogram:

Variogram or Semivariogram? Variance or Semivariance? Allan Variance or Introducing a New Term?

Martin Bachmaier , Matthias Backes Mathematical Geosciences August 2011, Volume 43, Issue 6, pp 735-740 First online: 01 July 2011

The history of Kriging

Some history: Method developed by Professor Daniel Gerhardus Krige

The concept of Support is very basic to geostatistics and was first covered by Ross (1950) and further developed by Krige (1951), including Krige’s variance- size of area relationship. 37 Spatial Structure and

The corresponding or covariograms were used on a Simple Kriging basis for block evaluations

Initially Professor Krige’s regressed estimates were then still called ‘weighted moving averages’ until Matheron’s insistence in the mid- 1960’s on the term Kriging in recognition of Professor Krige’s pioneering work.

Matheron, also then proposed the use of the variogram to define the spatial structure. This model is an extension and refinement of the concept covered by De Wijs (1951/3); (Source:https://www.goldfields.com/pdf/presentations/2015/summary_prof_danie_krige_m emorial_lecture.pdf)

The theoretical basis for the method was developed by the French mathematician Georges Matheron based on the Master's thesis of Danie G. Krige, the pioneering plotter of distance-weighted average gold grades at the Witwatersrand reef complex in South Africa. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriging)

Kriging – what it does

• also known as BLUP (best linear unbiased prediction)

• returning the observed values at sampling locations

• interpolates values using the intensity and shape of the experimental and modeled variogram

• using a neighborhood and/or distance search radius

• provides the standard errors of the interpolated values

All credit to / Source (good read!): Spatial analysis in ecology Marie-Josee Fortin, Mark R.T. Dale & Jay ver Hoef ´ Volume 4, pp 2051–2058 in Encyclopedia of Environmetrics http://geog.ucsb.edu/~chris/readings/Spatial.Analysis.in.Ecology.Encyclopedia.Environmetrics.pdf

Kriging – how it works

Description: Kriging algorithm explained: To estimate the value of Cell 1 (C1) no data points are found within the range (note, the value of C2 has not been estimated yet). The range is governed by the variogram and indicates the point at which data shows no correlation (or where the semi-variance vs distance plot starts to flatten). Because no data exists whithin the range the average of all data points is used for the C1 cell. When the C2 cell is now visited the C1 cell and the other datapoints (two green and one yellow) are also used. Their relative weight is based on the variogram. The grey datapoint is only used to calculate the average, but is not used directly for estimating the point C1 and C2. All credit to / source: http://www.epgeology.com/gallery/image_page.php?album_id=10&image_id=201 Kriging – visual output

Kriging maps created with ArcGIS Spherical variogram model Not standardized Ideal for single site anlysis, but Challenging for interpretetation

Solutions?!

 Solution: plot standardized kriging maps?

 Can for comparison different variogram models be used to derive kriging maps?

Kriging: Fields of application

Hydrogeology

Mining

...and more! Accounting/Correcting for SAC?

• Best method is proper experimental design

 Sample points or sites should be spaced appropriately  Distance required will depend on your study system

Made some mistakes – all hope is not lost…..

• Some statistical methods exist to account for SAC6 (see below for resource)

(6) Dale, M.R.T., Fortin, M. 2002 Spatial autocorrelation and statistical tests in ecology. Écoscience. 2002; 9(2):162–167.