Geostatistical Applications for Precision Agriculture

✍ Scribed by M. A. Oliver (auth.), M.A. Oliver (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 337
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book brings together in one place two dynamic subjects, precision agriculture and geostatistics, that have spatial variation at their core. Geostatistics is applied in precision agriculture (PA) to sampling, prediction, mapping, decision-making, economics, designed experiments, variable-rate applications and so on. Contributions from experts in both fields illustrate how geostatistics can and has been used to advantage with PA data such as yield, soil, crop, pests, aerial photograph, remote and proximal imagery. Geostatistical techniques include variography, ordinary-, disjunctive-, factorial-, indicator-, regression-, simple-, space-time- and co-kriging, and geostatistical simulation. The link between geostatistics and PA will increase as more intensive information on the soil and crops becomes available from sensors and on-the-go technology. This is not a recipe book, but is intended to guide readers in the use of appropriate techniques for the types of data and needs of the farmer in managing the land.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
An Overview of Geostatistics and Precision Agriculture....Pages 1-34
Sampling in Precision Agriculture....Pages 35-63
Sampling in Precision Agriculture, Optimal Designs from Uncertain Models....Pages 65-87
The Spatial Analysis of Yield Data....Pages 89-116
Space–Time Geostatistics for Precision Agriculture: A Case Study of NDVI Mapping for a Dutch Potato Field....Pages 117-137
Delineating Site-Specific Management Units with Proximal Sensors....Pages 139-165
Using Ancillary Data to Improve Prediction of Soil and Crop Attributes in Precision Agriculture....Pages 167-194
Spatial Variation and Site-Specific Management Zones....Pages 195-219
Weeds, Worms and Geostatistics....Pages 221-241
The Analysis of Spatial Experiments....Pages 243-267
Application of Geostatistical Simulation in Precision Agriculture....Pages 269-303
Geostatistics and Precision Agriculture: A Way Forward....Pages 305-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-331

✦ Subjects

Agriculture; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science; Earth Sciences, general; Earth Sciences, general; Agricultural Economics; Sustainable Development

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