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An improved similarity-based approach to predicting and mapping soil organic carbon and soil total nitrogen in a coastal region of northeastern China.

Shuai Wang, Kabindra Adhikari, Qianlai Zhuang, Zijiao Yang, Xinxin Jin, Qiubing Wang, Zhenxing Bian

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Shuai WangCollege of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Kabindra AdhikariGrassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Temple, TX, United States of America.
Qianlai ZhuangDepartment of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America.
Zijiao YangCollege of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Xinxin JinCollege of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Qiubing WangCollege of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Zhenxing BianCollege of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.

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Abstract

Soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil total nitrogen (STN) are major soil indicators for soil quality and fertility. Accurate mapping SOC and STN in soils would help both managed and natural soils and ecosystem management. This study developed an improved similarity-based approach (ISA) to predicting and mapping topsoil (0-20 cm soil depth) SOC and STN in a coastal region of northeastern China. Six environmental variables including elevation, slope gradient, topographic wetness index, the mean annual temperature, the mean annual temperature, and normalized difference vegetation index were used as predictors. Soil survey data in 2012 was designed based on the clustering of the study area into six climatic vegetation landscape units. In each landscape unit, 20-25 sampling points were determined at different landform positions considering local climate, soil type, elevation and other environmental factors, and finally 126 sampling points were obtained. Soil sampling from the depth of 0-20 cm were used for model prediction and validation. The ISA model performance was compared with the geographically weighted regression (GWR), regression kriging (RK), boosted regression trees (BRT) considering mean absolute prediction error (MAE), root mean square error (RMSE), coefficient of determination (

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