Extrapolation at regional scale of local soil knowledge using boosted classification trees: A two-step approach

Geoderma

Volumn 171-172, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-84

  Lemercier, Blandine ^a   Lacoste, Marine ^a   Loum, Macoumba ^a,b   Walter, Christian ^a  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GASTON BERGER   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Boosted classification tree; Parent material; Predictive soil mapping; Regional scale; Soil drainage class

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION TREES; PARENT MATERIAL; PREDICTIVE SOIL MAPPING; REGIONAL SCALE; SOIL DRAINAGE CLASS;

FORECASTING; FORESTRY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LITHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BEDROCK; DATA SET; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HILLSLOPE; LEARNING; PEDOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TERRAIN;

CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

EID: 84857087214     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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