Some considerations on methods for spatially aggregating and disaggregating soil information

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 51-62

  McBratney, Alex B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Disaggregation; Downscaling; Extent; Fractals; Grain; Soil variability; Upscaling; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; DISAGGREGATION; DOWNSCALING; FRACTALS; GRAIN; SCALE; SOIL DATA; UPSCALING;

EID: 0031597560     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-3021-1_5     Document Type: Article

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