Research Article

Using Multivariate Geostatistics to Assess Patterns of Spatial Dependence of Apparent Soil Electrical Conductivity and Selected Soil Properties

Table 5

Fitted semivariogram parameters and respective models of the continuously recorded ECa data sets and the soil properties analyzed.

DateVariableGeostatistical methodModelSD

14/03/2009 residualUKSpherical0.00013.14105.000.00
residualUKSpherical0.140.30244.0031.67

03/04/2008 residualUKSpherical0.005.10145.000.00
residualUKSpherical0.100.3240.0023.80

23/06/2008 residualUKSpherical0.0010.01130.009.09
residualUKSpherical0.0010.005130.001.96
ECe residualUKSpherical0.000250.0018100.009.09
ClayOKSpherical0.0011060.00130.000.00
SiltOKSpherical0.001400.00130.000.00
SandOKSpherical0.00510.0070.000.00
OKSpherical0.00160.00130.000.00

UK: universal kriging; OK: ordinary kriging; : nugget effect; : structural variance; : range (m); and SD: spatial dependence (%).