Testing the performance of spatial interpolation techniques for mapping soil properties

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-108

  Robinson, T P ^a   Metternicht, G ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross validation; Geostatistics; Interpolation; Precision agriculture; Soil properties; Spatial prediction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; STATISTICS;

CROSS-VALIDATION; GEOSTATISTICS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL PROPERTIES; SPATIAL PREDICTION;

INTERPOLATION;

MAPPING; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 30344474239     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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