Presentations

Isaak, D., E. Peterson, and J. Ver Hoef. 2014. New information from old stream data through applications of spatial statistical network models. Atlantic Salmon Conference. Orono, ME, January 9. Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Eugene, OR, February 25-28. Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Idaho Falls, ID, February 11-13. Water quality workshop: Monitoring, assessment, and management. Boise, ID, February 4-6.

Ver Hoef, J., E. Peterson, and D. Isaak. 2012. Spatial statistical models on stream networks. NOAA, Monster Jam Seminar. Seattle, WA. (PDF | Large 1-hour MMV video file)

NCEAS temperature database - Presentation Slides and examples (PDF)

The NSI Network: Modifying NHDPlus to Facillitate SSN Analysis | Visit the National Stream Internet website

Publications

The following journal articles provide background information about spatial statistical models on stream networks. Articles [1,2] are written for a statistical or quantitative ecological audience and provide technical details, as well as a discussion of spatial statistical models on stream networks. Article [3] also provides details about the spatial statistical models, but is written for an ecological audience, with numerous worked examples provided in the appendices. Article [4] provides an interesting application of the models to stream temperature data in the Boise Basin, USA. Articles [6] and [7] are the citations for STARS and SSN, respectively.

1. Ver Hoef J.M. and Peterson E.E. (2010) A moving average approach to spatial statistical models of stream networks. The Journal of the American Statistical Association, 489: 6-18.
2. Ver Hoef J.M. and Peterson E.E. (2010) A moving average approach to spatial statistical models of stream networks: Rejoinder. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 105(489): 22-24.
3. Peterson E.E. and Ver Hoef J.M. (2010) A mixed-model moving-average approach to geostatistical modeling in stream networks. Ecology, 91(3): 644-651. Appendix A | Appendix B
4. Isaak D., Luce, C., Rieman B., Nagel D., and Peterson E.,  Horan D., Parkes S., and G. Chandler (2010) Effects of recent climate and fire on thermal habitats within a mountain stream network, Ecological Applications, 20(5):1350-1371. 
5. Peterson, Erin E.; Ver Hoef, Jay M.; Isaak, Dan J.; Falke, Jeffrey A.; Fortin, Marie-Josee; Jordan, Chris E.; McNyset, Kristina; Monestiez, Pascal; Ruesch, Aaron S.; Sengupta, Aritra; Som, Nicholas; Steel, E. Ashley; Theobald, David M.; Torgersen, Christian E.; Wenger, Seth J. 2013. Modelling dendritic ecological networks in space: An integrated network perspective. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/efe.12084.
6. Peterson E.E. and Ver Hoef J.M. (2014) STARS: An ArcGIS toolset used to calculate the spatial information needed to fit spatial statistical models to stream network data. Journal of Statistical Software, 56(2).  
7. Ver Hoef J.M., Peterson E.E., Clifford D., and Shah R. (2014) SSN: An R package for spatial statistical modeling on stream networks. Journal of Statistical Software, 56(3).
8. Isaak, D.J., E. Peterson, J. V. Hoef, S. Wenger, J. Falke, C. Torgersen, C. Sowder, A. Steel, M.J. Fortin, C. Jordan, A. Reusch, N. Som, P. Monestiez. 2014. Applications of spatial statistical network models to stream data. WIREs Water 1 doi: 10.1002/wat2.1023.
9. Som N.A., Monestiez P., Ver Hoef J.M., Zimmerman D.L., and Peterson E.E. (2014) Spatial sampling on streams: Principles for inference on aquatic networks. Environmetrics, 25(5): 306-323.
10. Falk M.G., McGree J.M., and Pettitt A.N. (2014) Sampling designs on stream networks using the pseudo-Bayesian approach. Environmental & Ecological Statistics, 21: 751-773. DOI 10.1007/s10651-014-0279-2.
11. Frieden J.C., Peterson E.E., Webb J.A., and Negus P.M. (2014) Improving the predictive power of spatial statistical models of stream macroinvertebrates using weighted autocovariance functions. Environmental Modelling & Software, 60: 320-330.
12. Rushworth A.M., Peterson E.E., Ver Hoef J.M., and Bowman A.W. (2015) Validation and comparison of geostatistical and spline models for spatial stream networks. Environmetrics, 26(5): 327-338. doi: 10.1002/env.2340.
13. Ver Hoef, J., E. Peterson, and D. Theobald. 2006. Spatial statistical models that use flow and stream distance. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 13:449–464.
14. Zimmerman, D.L., and J.M. VerHoef. 2017. The Torgegram for fluvial variography: characterizing spatial dependence on stream networks. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. Vol 26. No 2, 253-264. DOI: 10.1080/10618600.2016.1247006.

Note that you can visit the National Stream Internet site for a chronological bibliography of work relevant to SSN model development and applications.

News and Other Documents

SSN version is available on CRAN!  (SSN Package – Current Release)

Early View - Ecology Letters Review and Synthesis paper highlighting spatial statistical modeling on dendritic ecological networks (i.e. streams!): Modelling dendritic ecological networks in space: an integrated network perspective

ESRI Blog - SSN and STARS: Tools for Spatial Statistical Modeling on Stream Networks

GNLCC Feature - A Regional Stream Temperature Model to Aid Climate Vulnerability Assessments on the NorWeST Website