Articles | Volume 4, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-123-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-123-2018
Original research article
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29 May 2018
Original research article |  | 29 May 2018

Uncertainty indication in soil function maps – transparent and easy-to-use information to support sustainable use of soil resources

Lucie Greiner, Madlene Nussbaum, Andreas Papritz, Stephan Zimmermann, Andreas Gubler, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, and Armin Keller

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To maintain the soil resource, spatial information on soil multi-functionality is key. Soil function (SF) maps rate soils potentials to fulfill a certain function, e.g., nutrient regulation. We show how uncertainties in predictions of soil properties generated by digital soil mapping propagate into soil function maps, present possibilities to display this uncertainty information and show that otherwise comparable SF assessment methods differ in their behaviour in view of uncertainty propagation.
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