Characterising spatial and temporal variation in environmental properties, generatingmapsfromsparse samples, and quantifyinguncertaintiesin the maps, are key concerns across the environmental sciences. The body of tools known as g- statistics offers a powerful means of addressing these and related questions. This volume presents recent research in methodological developments in geostatistics and in a variety of speci?c environmental application areas including soil science, climatology, pollution, health, wildlife mapping, ?sheries and remote sensing, amongst others. This book contains...