Spatial-temporal changes in soil organic carbon and pH in the Liaoning Province of China: A modeling analysis based on observational data

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2019, Pages

  Qi, Li ^a,b   Wang, Shuai ^a   Zhuang, Qianlai ^c   Yang, Zijiao ^a   Bai, Shubin ^a   Jin, Xinxin ^a   Lei, Guangyu ^b  

^a SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xi'An Shaangu Power Co Ltd   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital soil mapping; Environmental variables; Random forest; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL MAPPING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL;

CHINA; LIAONING;

EID: 85068754638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su11133569     Document Type: Article

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