Table 4.

Deviance information criterion (DIC) for model choice

	Exponential			Matérn
Methods	$p_D$	$\bar{D}$	DIC	$p_D$	$\bar{D}$	DIC
Geodetic	7.25	11.83	18.08	7.23	9.80	17.03
Naive Euclidean	9.52	13.15	22.67	9.11	12.28	21.39
Chordal	7.18	11.92	19.10	7.29	9.86	17.15
Mercator	10.21	14.65	24.86	10.14	13.71	23.85
Sinusoidal	7.23	11.86	19.09	7.31	10.01	17.32
Centroid-based	7.57	11.98	19.55	7.41	10.28	17.69