Using corSpher to correct for spatial autocorrelation

Dear Julie,

corSpher() is a spherical variogram / correlogram model. It defines a
specific shape of the variogram, not the kind of data. All variogram
models in nlme assume Euclidean distances, so you will need projected
data. But that opens another can of worm when your data spans a
considerable part of the globe.

This paper might be relevant for you:
https://www.math.ntnu.no/inla/r-inla.org/papers/jss/lindgren.pdf

Best regards,

ir. Thierry Onkelinx
Statisticus / Statistician

Vlaamse Overheid / Government of Flanders
INSTITUUT VOOR NATUUR- EN BOSONDERZOEK / RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE
AND FOREST
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thierry.onkelinx at inbo.be
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2018-06-22 2:12 GMT+02:00 Julie Lee-Yaw via R-sig-mixed-models
<r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org>:

Hi
I want to use the the correlation setting with corSpher in nlme to account for potential spatial autocorrelation in my data. My data include observations from across the globe with locations in latitude and longitude (decimal degrees). From the R help for corSpher, the example syntax would be something like:
fm1Wheat2 <- gls(yield ~ variety - 1, corr =corSpher(c(28, 0.2), form = ~ latitude + longitude, nugget = TRUE))

My question is whether the latitude and longitude provided should be projected into a spatial projection that preserves distances or areas or whether providing decimal degrees is appropriate?
Many thanks!


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