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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1957/5754| Title: | Development of predictive mapping techniques for soil survey and salinity mapping |
| Authors: | Noller, Jay S. Huddleston, J. Herbert Baham, John E. Kimerling, A. Jon Thompson, James M. |
| Keywords: | Predictive soil mapping Digital soil mapping Pedometrics Decision tree analysis |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
| Description: | Graduation date: 2008 Conventional soil maps represent a valuable source of information about soil characteristics, however they are subjective, very expensive, and time-consuming to prepare. Also, they do not include explicit information about the conceptual mental model used in developing them nor information about their accuracy, in addition to the error associated with them. Decision tree analysis (DTA) was successfully used in retrieving the expert knowledge embedded in old soil survey data. This knowledge was efficiently used in developing predictive soil maps for the study areas in Benton and Malheur Counties, Oregon and accessing their consistency. A retrieved soil-landscape model from a reference area in Harney County was extrapolated to develop a preliminary soil map for the neighboring unmapped part of Malheur County. The developed map had a low prediction accuracy and only a few soil map units (SMUs) were predicted with significant accuracy, mostly those shallow SMUs that have either a lithic contact with the bedrock or developed on a duripan. On the other hand, the developed soil map based on field data was predicted with very high accuracy (overall was about 97%). Salt-affected areas of the Malheur County study area are indicated by their high spectral reflectance and they are easily discriminated from the remote sensing data. However, remote sensing data fails to distinguish between the different classes of soil salinity. Using the DTA method, five classes of soil salinity were successfully predicted with an overall accuracy of about 99%. Moreover, the calculated area of salt-affected soil was overestimated when mapped using remote sensing data compared to that predicted by using DTA. Hence, DTA could be a very helpful approach in developing soil survey and soil salinity maps in more objective, effective, less-expensive and quicker ways based on field data. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1957/5754 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/1957/5754 |
| Appears in Collections: | ScholarsArchive@OSU |
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