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  • Statistics
  • Spatial Statistics
  • Ecoinformatics

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  • Comparing continuous sequences is crucial in statistics for instrument validation and assessing practical differences.
  • Existing methods for probability of agreement (PA) are limited in their application to spatial data.
  • Understanding spatial relationships is key in fields like ecology and environmental science.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To generalize the probability of agreement (PA) for analyzing continuous spatial variables.
  • To develop a method where PA is dependent on spatial lag, reflecting spatial autocorrelation.
  • To establish conditions for PA decay with distance lag in spatial processes.

Main Methods:

  • Introduced a novel spatial probability of agreement (PA) measure.
  • Established theoretical conditions for PA decay as a function of distance lag for isotropic stationary and nonstationary spatial processes.
  • Employed a first-order approximation for estimation, ensuring asymptotic normality of the sample PA.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated that the proposed spatial PA is dependent on spatial lag.
  • Identified conditions under which the spatial PA decays with increasing distance lag.
  • Analyzed the sensitivity of the spatial PA to covariance parameters in finite sample sizes.

Conclusions:

  • The generalized spatial PA provides a robust measure for assessing agreement in spatial data.
  • The method is applicable to both stationary and nonstationary spatial processes.
  • Illustrated with real-world data on forest greenness (Gcc), showing its utility in ecological studies.