Assessing the spatial variability of soil organic carbon stocks in an alpine setting (Grindelwald, Swiss Alps)

Geoderma

Volumn 232-234, Issue , 2014, Pages 270-283

  Hoffmann, U ^a   Hoffmann, T ^b   Jurasinski, G ^c   Glatzel, S ^d   Kuhn, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine environment; Error calculation; Horizontal and vertical variability; Kriging; Soil organic carbon inventory

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERPOLATION; LANDFORMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; CARBON; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ERROR CALCULATIONS; HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL VARIABILITY; KRIGING; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

SOILS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; MOUNTAIN REGION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOIL CARBON;

ALPS; BERN [SWITZERLAND]; GRINDELWALD GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; BERNESE ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS;

EID: 84901843081     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.04.038     Document Type: Article

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