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The Crosscovariance Cloud tool

Available with Geostatistical Analyst license.

The Crosscovariance cloud shows the empirical crosscovariance for all pairs of locations between two datasets and plots them as a function of the distance between the two locations, as in the example shown below:

Crosscovariance cloud
Crosscovariance cloud illustration

The Crosscovariance cloud can be used to examine the local characteristics of spatial correlation between two datasets, and it can be used to look for spatial shifts in correlation between two datasets. A crosscovariance cloud looks something like this:

Crosscovariance cloud
Crosscovariance cloud example

In the illustration above, each red dot shows the empirical crosscovariance between a pair of locations, with the attribute of one point taken from the first dataset and the attribute of the second point taken from the second dataset. You can brush dots and see the linked pairs in ArcMap. (To differentiate which of the pairs came from which dataset, set a different selection color in the Properties dialog box of each dataset.)

A covariance surface with search direction capabilities is also provided in the tool. The values in the crosscovariance cloud are put into bins based on the direction and distance separating a pair of locations. These binned values are then averaged and smoothed to produce a crosscovariance surface. The legend shows the colors and values separating classes of covariance value. The extent of the crosscovariance surface is controlled by lag size and number of lags that you specify.

Crosscovariance surface
Crosscovariance surface
Directional controller
Directional controller

You can view subsets of values in the Crosscovariance cloud by checking the Show search direction option and dragging the directional controller to resize it or change its orientation.

You select datasets and attributes using the following controls:

Datasets and attributes fields
Datasets and attributes fields

In this case, OZONE is the attribute field storing the ozone concentrations, and NO2AAM is the attribute field storing the level of nitrogen dioxide.

You can click the arrow button Hide beside Data Sources to temporarily hide this part of the tool.

Related Topics

  • Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA)
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