rescrves, while the ;ion of lhc charac- :c thc real curve is -, [lealiry; ring dara. rtes the fact that a always necessary ie, the better the can be modelled rhich will resulr in ATIONS r:r1,bc. [or cx:rrrr- intcrpreted as a rrr and ccn trc(J urld a rcaliz-atron lhc sanrc cxpcc- ). lr4rtrcovcr. lhc rl;rta. i.c.. ut lltc vll SIMULATION OF DEI'OSI'rS 'l(): cxpcrimcn(al datit pOints tltc simulrr(cd valucs and lhc cxpcrimental tlata vulucs must brc the samc: 2,.(x., ) = z,(r- ), Vx.. e dlrt:r sct /' Considcr rhc truc valuc r,,(t) and rts kriged valuc :,lx (.r ) dcdLJce d f rom the availablc <Jara {z,r(r. ), x,e I f .'l)rcsc tr.r'o vitlucs tlitlcr b;- :tn urrktr()\vn e,,(r)=z,ix(x)+[:,,(x)-2,1x(r)l (\/lt I) or, rn tcrms of rttndtlm Iuncti<lns. 7-(x1= Zi,*{x)+12,,(x1- Zi*$)l (Vll l) Nilrv.:r ch;rr:rctcrislic pr()pcrt\ 9[ krrgrng is thlrt ttrt krtuing crr6r lZ,,{.r)- Zi,*lx )l is orthogonal (o thc kriged valucs' i.c ' ElZl'K(:') lZ'(.r1- Zi,x(r)lI= tt. Vr' )' fl-hc proof oi rhis rcsulr is givcn rrr thc a<ldcndum itt thc end of this sect ion ). To obtain thc <Jesircd conditional simula(ion, it is thus cnough to rcplacc rhe unknown kriging crror lZrG)-Zir,G)l in formula (Vll 2) bv an isomorphic and indcpcndcnt krigrng crror [2,(x)- Zi*$)]' Morc prc- cisely, we consider a RF Z,(x) which is isomorphic to. but in<lcpcndcnl of Zt$). Given a realization z,(x) of this RF Z,(x), the kriging procedure' whcn applied to the same data configuration {2,(x.), I. I} will rcsult in a kriging error [2,(r)-zlx(x)l isomorphic to thc lruc error Izo(r)- 2,1*(r)l ar,d indcpendcnl of z6*(x). The required conditional simulation is thcn written as zll(r) = zfix(r)+ [2,(x) - zlx (r )l or, in (erms of random functions. 2,,(x)= ZixO:1+17-,(x)- ZI* (x)l' Thc requiremcnts <tf a ct;nditional simulation arc satrslicd sincc rvt havc thc following. - (i) 'l-hc RF 2,.(x) hus tlrc sirmc crlx.cllli()n ils zr,(x).'l-lris [()llgws I16nl thc unhiascdncss o[ thc kriging cslimltlor: ElZi,"0)l -' ElZ,,(x)l and ElZi* 1r)| = I:{Z'-.(r )i which cntails ElZ,"(x)l= ElZ,$)l = tn. Vx (vil.-1) I l NllNlNC (ll:OSl'ATlS.flCS Zi*01=L ^-(y\.2"(r.). (ir) -l-hc RI- .Z,.(x ) is usomorphic to Z"(x )' 1-tris follows (rom thc f act that rhc simulat"d k';;;;; t;ror IZ'(r)- Zlx$)l is isomorphic to thc trtc crr()r tz,,t-i- 2f'-( r)| :rnil indeicnclcnt of Zix(r) ]n ttrc lrtlt|cntltrm'itrvrllhctltttrr,nrlr:rtthrsistlmtrrphrsmlrllplicsrtgtlrtlttslY 'to thc lncrcnlctlts ol the l{F's Z"(r)ancl 11(x)only' ln other words' thc variograms of thesc two RF's arc icle ntical., ?ut nol::tcssarily tltcrr covartilnccs -l'hr: tJocs ttttt [x)sc ally problenr slncc' ln 8e()- st.listrcs. tftt uur.it'g""'"-t"uttu"i function rs always prefcrred to tltc ctlvlrrtancc 'diti<>nlrl to thc cxprcrimcntal (irr) 'l-hc sttnulit(ctl rcaltz-ltlton z"(.r ) ts con tlata. I his f otlo*s Ironr thc Iact that' nt t'nt ,t*-!trirncntal data points' thc krrgcd vrlucs are cqual ttl rhe real valitcs' te''- zilx(r.) = :,,(x.) and tz'(''')- zll(x')]= 0' Vx" e /' *'hich cnrails 2,.(x.' ) = zu(-l' ). Renrark I The kriging wcights {l'' Y"-t J) arc the same for ZtxG) and Zi*G), since,h"'*o'?Fi'"Zulx)and Z'(x) are isomorphic and the t\r'o xrigi;g."nngurations are identical' Rernark2 'Ihe conditioning principle provides both valucs' kriged z ilx (x ) and concjitionrly ri*urrr.i ,itrl, ar each p.inr x' cf' formula fvll'3)' By raking into account ;:"i;;iiii""::-1^ln" two kriging errors IZ'(x)- Zi*G)land lZ,(x)- 2l- t'll' the variance oltt"il]]:".':t tut real value ;;il;;; ,n. .;onaitional simulation z"(x) can be wrrtren as E\lZ,(x)- 2,,(x)l') = E{i Z"\r)- Zl',*(x)l'}* E({ Z'\x)- Zl*(x)l'} = 2E{l 2,,(x)- Zl,xlx)l'l= z.r-*' tiotl vitrritncc' krigint ir nvtcc lts gttt'tl irn cslimilt()r it\ lt) tcrln\ ol csltnlit cttntittttinal ti''"u1t"""' cstlnliltl()r) 's ntlt thc objcct tlf a simulatton' .\tlrl<'n<!um.Ptrxtlttttltrprttlxrtt'ttlttrtlttgorutlttvrt{krigutgerrorstokricrdDolut's (.1'hrr aclrlr:ndulrt ciln bt on)lll'd itl lr lirst rradrrtg ) C'onsrr.lcr lhc cxpanstons o( thc r)1"'(Vll'2)of rhc RF on any two p<'lints r and y: ZuG): Zi*\r)+lZ,\')- Z3*$)l= Zl\U)+ R(x)' z"(y)= Zi*0)+lz,(v)- z3*u)l= Zi'*o\+ R(v)' u'ith. for thc kriSed value' : :. $ .ar f. ,: F"., i t E. L, F;' t $ { t L E Er E: E E E: ft E: E E E' F F: s k F! H &. E1 h tu ln thc cas stationarY cx kriging sYstct V tlrc locatir 'ltlc co!':ri anrl thc Lri ln tirc:., (\/l)iswri Ctlnsidt This covl L- y- a( casc, thc thc da(a Noq'. t combina x,ith irrrd. llrt 'llrc va )t(' .196