Lacunarity analysis: A general technique for the analysis of spatial patterns

Roy E. Plotnick, Robert H. Gardner, William W. Hargrove, Karen Prestegaard, and Martin Perlmutter
Phys. Rev. E 53, 5461 – Published 1 May 1996
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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 used to describe nonfractal and multifractal patterns. Lacunarity analysis is broadly applicable to many data sets used in the natural sciences; we illustrate its application to both geological and ecological data. © 1996 The American Physical Society.

  • Received 14 December 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.53.5461

©1996 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Roy E. Plotnick

  • Department of Geological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7059

Robert H. Gardner

  • University of Maryland, Appalachian Environmental Laboratory, Frostburg, Maryland 21532

William W. Hargrove

  • Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6038

Karen Prestegaard

  • Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

Martin Perlmutter

  • Energy Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439

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Vol. 53, Iss. 5 — May 1996

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