Journal of Biosystems Engineering

Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery (한국농업기계학회)
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Spatial Variability of Soil Properties using Nested Variograms at Multiple Scales

  • Chung, Sun-Ok (Dept. of Biosystems Machinery Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Sudduth, Kenneth A. (USDA-ARS Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit) ;
  • Drummond, Scott T. (USDA-ARS Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit) ;
  • Kitchen, Newell R. (USDA-ARS Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit)
  • Received : 2014.08.05
  • Accepted : 2014.11.09
  • Published : 2014.12.01
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Abstract

Purpose: Determining the spatial structure of data is important in understanding within-field variability for site-specific crop management. An understanding of the spatial structures present in the data may help illuminate interrelationships that are important in subsequent explanatory analyses, especially when site variables are correlated or are a combined response to multiple causative factors. Methods: In this study, correlation, principal component analysis, and single and nested variogram models were applied to soil electrical conductivity and chemical property data of two fields in central Missouri, USA. Results: Some variables that were highly correlated, or were strongly expressed in the same principal component, exhibited similar spatial ranges when fitted with a single variogram model. However, single variogram results were dependent on the active lag distance used, with short distances (30 m) required to fit short-range variability. Longer active lag distances only revealed long-range spatial components. Nested models generally yielded a better fit than single models for sensor-based conductivity data, where multiple scales of spatial structure were apparent. Gaussian-spherical nested models fit well to the data at both short (30 m) and long (300 m) active lag distances, generally capturing both short-range and long-range spatial components. As soil conductivity relates strongly to profile texture, we hypothesize that the short-range components may relate to the scale of erosion processes, while the long-range components are indicative of the scale of landscape morphology. Conclusion: In this study, we investigated the effect of changing active lag distance on the calculation of the range parameter. Future work investigating scale effects on other variogram parameters, including nugget and sill variances, may lead to better model selection and interpretation. Once this is achieved, separation of nested spatial components by factorial kriging may help to better define the correlations existing between spatial datasets.

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