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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-359-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-359-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Disaggregating a regional-extent digital soil map using Bayesian area-to-point regression kriging for farm-scale soil carbon assessment
Sanjeewani Nimalka Somarathna Pallegedara Dewage
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Sydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, 1 Central Avenue, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, NSW, 2015, Australia
CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia
Budiman Minasny
Sydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, 1 Central Avenue, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, NSW, 2015, Australia
Brendan Malone
Sydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, 1 Central Avenue, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, NSW, 2015, Australia
CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia
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Most soil management activities are implemented at farm scale, yet digital soil maps are commonly available at regional/national scales. This study proposes Bayesian area-to-point kriging to downscale regional-/national-scale soil property maps to farm scale. A regional soil carbon map with a resolution of 100 m (block support) was disaggregated to 10 m (point support) information for a farm in northern NSW, Australia. Results are presented with the uncertainty of the downscaling process.
Most soil management activities are implemented at farm scale, yet digital soil maps are...