TY - JOUR
T1 - Map scale effects on soil organic carbon stock estimation in north China
AU - Zhao, Yongcun
AU - Shi, Xuezheng
AU - Weindorf, David C.
AU - Yu, Dongsheng
AU - Sun, Weixia
AU - Wang, Hongjie
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Digital soil maps of different scales have been compiled in China, but exactly how map scale affects the estimation of regional SOC (soil organic carbon) stocks remains unclear. To test the effect, median, mean, and a pedological professional knowledge based method (PKB) were used to ink soil profiles to soil maps at five scales ranging from 1:500 000 to 1:10 000 000 for the Hebei Province. Excluding the 1:4 000 800 soil map, SOC stocks decreased as the map scale decreased. The estimated SOC stocks obtained using the mean were always higher than those using the median or PKB method. The changes in estimation due to different map scales and linking methods affected the process of assigning SOCD (soil organic carbon density) values to digital soil surveys. The differences in SOCD values resulted from the change in the total nonurban land area of each soil type as a result of the different methods and scales of maps used in the regional SOC stock estimation process.
AB - Digital soil maps of different scales have been compiled in China, but exactly how map scale affects the estimation of regional SOC (soil organic carbon) stocks remains unclear. To test the effect, median, mean, and a pedological professional knowledge based method (PKB) were used to ink soil profiles to soil maps at five scales ranging from 1:500 000 to 1:10 000 000 for the Hebei Province. Excluding the 1:4 000 800 soil map, SOC stocks decreased as the map scale decreased. The estimated SOC stocks obtained using the mean were always higher than those using the median or PKB method. The changes in estimation due to different map scales and linking methods affected the process of assigning SOCD (soil organic carbon density) values to digital soil surveys. The differences in SOCD values resulted from the change in the total nonurban land area of each soil type as a result of the different methods and scales of maps used in the regional SOC stock estimation process.
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U2 - 10.2136/sssaj2004.0165
DO - 10.2136/sssaj2004.0165
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33745877640
VL - 70
SP - 1377
EP - 1386
JO - Soil Science Society of America Journal
JF - Soil Science Society of America Journal
SN - 0361-5995
IS - 4
ER -