Using R for Digital Soil Mapping

• Main Authors: Malone, Brendan P. (Author), Minasny, Budiman (Author), McBratney, Alex B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Progress in Soil Science,
• Subjects: Environment.; Geographical information systems.; Statistics.; Environmental sciences.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.

This book describes and provides many detailed examples of implementing Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) using R. The work adheres to Digital Soil Mapping theory, and presents a strong focus on how to apply it. DSM exercises are also included and cover procedures for handling and manipulating soil and spa...

Table of Contents:

• Digital soil mapping
• R literacy for digital soil mapping
• Getting spatial in R-. Preparatory and exploratory data analysis for digital soil mapping
• Continuous soil attribute modeling and mapping
• Categorical soil attribute modeling and mapping.- Some methods for the quantification of prediction uncertainties for digital soil mapping.- Using digital soil mapping to update, harmonize and disaggregate legacy soil maps
• Combining continuous and categorical modeling: Digital soil mapping of soil horizons and their depths
• Digital soil assessment: A simple enterprise suitability example.