LACUNARITY ANALYSIS - A GENERAL TECHNIQUE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SPATIALPATTERNS

Authors
PLOTNICK RE GARDNER RH HARGROVE WW PRESTEGAARD K PERLMUTTER M
Citation
Re. Plotnick et al., LACUNARITY ANALYSIS - A GENERAL TECHNIQUE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SPATIALPATTERNS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 53(5), 1996, pp. 5461-5468
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
53
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Part
B
Pages
5461 - 5468
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1996)53:5<5461:LA-AGT>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Lacunarity analysis is a multiscaled method for describing patterns of spatial dispersion. It can be used with both binary and quantitative data in one, two, and three dimensions. Although originally developed for fractal objects, the method is more general and can be readily use d to describe nonfractal and multifractal patterns. Lacunarity analysi s is broadly applicable to many data sets used in the natural sciences ; we illustrate its application to both geological and ecological data .