distribution transformations and Gstat

[Ashton Shortridge <ashton@geog.ucsb.edu>]

Hello all,

performing gaussian simulation using Gstat is remarkably straightforward
- it's a great resource for spatial modeling! However often the
underlying datasets are not normally distributed. A workaround is to
transform the data, do the simulation, and backtransform, as can be done
in GSLIB. I'm writing to see if anyone has developed this approach for
Gstat, and if so, what additional data processing tools have been
employed.

Thanks in advance!

Ashton Shortridge
NCGIA and Dept. of Geography
University of California - Santa Barbara