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Spatial Dependence and Interpolation of Soil Properties in West Sumatra, Indonesia: II. Co‐regionalization and Co‐kriging
Author(s) -
Trangmar B. B.,
Yost R. S.,
Uehara G.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1986.03615995005000060005x
Subject(s) - kriging , variogram , geostatistics , sampling (signal processing) , interpolation (computer graphics) , covariate , mathematics , soil science , covariance , environmental science , spatial variability , geology , statistics , computer science , animation , computer graphics (images) , filter (signal processing) , computer vision
Co‐kriging was used to interpolate values of topsoil 0.5 M NaHCO 3 ‐extractable P at 234 locations in West Sumatra, Indonesia, by exploiting its spatial covariance with a more densely sampled property, 25% HCl‐extractable P. NaHCO 3 ‐P and HCl‐P had been sampled at 52 and 107 locations, respectively, in a nongeometric pattern across the 106 650 has region. Isotropic semivariograms of NaHCO 3 ‐P and HCl‐P and their cross semivariogram showed spatial dependence over 6.3, 4.2, and 10.4 km, respectively, at the sampling scale used. The map of co‐kriged values for NaHCO 3 ‐P showed a similar regional pattern but more local detail than that achieved by kriging from NaHCO 3 ‐P samples alone. Co‐kriging reduced estimation variances (relative to kriging) by up to 40% in areas where sampling density of NaHCO 3 ‐P was lowest. Co‐kriging variances exceeded those of kriging by up to 10% in areas where sampling density of NaHCO 3 ‐P was high. In such areas, the covariate HCl‐P had little effect on the interpolated value but still added a component to the estimation variance. Co‐kriging could not be used to interpolate values for extreme locations where there were no NaHCO 3 ‐P samples within the radius of the kriging neighborhood. Despite local improvement in estimation precision the full benefits of co‐kriging interpolation are not universally obtained from nongeometric variate‐covariate sampling patterns.