R/exp.earth.cov.R

In fields: Tools for Spatial Data

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"Exp.earth.cov" <- function(x1, x2, aRange = 1, theta=NULL) {
  # theta argument has been deopreciated.
  if( !is.null( theta)){
    aRange<- theta
  }
    exp(-rdist.earth(x1, x2)/aRange)
}