Introduction of different sampling methods in digital soil mapping studies

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Authors

1 Department of soil science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan

2 Associate Professor

3 Department soil genesis and classification, Soil & Water Research Institute. Karaj,Iran

Abstract

There are innumerable challenges for digital soil mapping in the world full of change. One of these challenges is the sampling method which plays an important role in providing appropriate information for digital soil mapping and increasing its efficiency. Sampling method efficiency, with considering the number of samples, space changes, and cost, is a way to identify a set of scattered sampling locations in geographical space that have good location coverage of features. A good space coverage of features ensures accurate estimation of regression parameters and it makes effective spatial interpolation. In soil evaluation, the number of samples collected is limited by time and cost. Also, lack of roads, dense vegetation, and rugged terrain are caused more restrictions when visiting the area. These deficiencies lead to the use of stronger sampling methods. Methods that can provide a good description of space changes of soil and its features to reduce the number of samples, time, and cost are needed. So that it supports the final quality of the maps. Here are checked several methods of statistical sampling and geometric that optimize the geometric sampling pattern in geographical space. The strengths and weaknesses these methods considering spatial coverage, simplicity, accuracy, and efficiency briefly expressed. The results showed in terms of accuracy and efficiency; classified random sampling has the highest accuracy and has been widely used. In terms of spatial coverage; spatial coverage sampling is the best method. Due to the simplicity in the design and implementation stages; Simple random sampling, network sampling, and spatial sampling are the simplest sampling methods. Among the sampling methods studied, the Latin conditional sampling method is the most common method. It is widely used and recommended, and stratified random sampling and spatial sampling are the most efficient methods that optimize the sampling pattern in geographical space.

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Applied Soil Research
Volume 8, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
December 2020
Pages 202-219

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  • Receive Date: 25 August 2020
  • Revise Date: 26 October 2020
  • Accept Date: 04 November 2020

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