Table 2 MLR residual kriging variational function fitting model and its parameters.

From: Mapping forest aboveground carbon stock of combined stratified sampling and RFRK model with mean annual temperature and precipitation

Kriging

Variational function model

Nugget effect

R2

SSR

MLR Residual Ordinary Kriging, MLROK

Exponential

0.7584

0.477

52,600

Spherical

0.8029

0.407

53,203

Gaussian

0.8375

0.293

57,231

MLR Residual C0-Krigingpre, MLRCK

Exponential

0.6973

0.586

45,172

Spherical

0.7650

0.454

48,705

Gaussian

0.8027

0.358

56,650

MLR Residual C0-Krigingtem, MLRCK

Exponential

0.8544

0.505

46,264

Spherical

0.9173

0.382

52,786

Gaussian

0.9468

0.367

57,024

MLR Residual C0-Krigingslope, MLRCK

Exponential

0.7851

0.487

47,595

Spherical

0.8066

0.396

53,313

Gaussian

0.8547

0.451

48,635

MLR Residual C0-Krigingelev, MLRCK

Exponential

0.7991

0.497

46,698

Spherical

0.8256

0.391

53,061

Gaussian

0.859

0.435

53,261