Comparison of kriging and inverse-distance methods for mapping soil parameters

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1237-1247

  Gotway, Carol A ^a   Ferguson, Richard B ^b   Hergert, Gary W ^c   Peterson, Todd A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b S Ctrl Res and Extension Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Pioneer Hi Bred International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; INVERSE DISTANCE METHOD; IRRIGATION; KRIGING; MAPPING; SOIL PARAMETERS;

FERTILIZERS; INTERPOLATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; INVERSE DISTANCE METHODS; KRIGING METHOD; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

SOILS;

EID: 0029659380     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1996.03615995006000040040x     Document Type: Article

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