Geostatistical Applications for Precision Agriculture

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. An Overview of Geostatistics and Precision Agriculture

   • M. A. Oliver

   Pages 1-34

3. Sampling in Precision Agriculture

   • R. Kerry, M. A. Oliver, Z. L. Frogbrook

   Pages 35-63

4. Sampling in Precision Agriculture, Optimal Designs from Uncertain Models

   • B. P. Marchant, R. M. Lark

   Pages 65-87

5. The Spatial Analysis of Yield Data

   • T. W. Griffin

   Pages 89-116

6. Space–Time Geostatistics for Precision Agriculture: A Case Study of NDVI Mapping for a Dutch Potato Field

   • G. B. M. Heuvelink, F. M. van Egmond

   Pages 117-137

7. Delineating Site-Specific Management Units with Proximal Sensors

   • D. L. Corwin, S. M. Lesch

   Pages 139-165

8. Using Ancillary Data to Improve Prediction of Soil and Crop Attributes in Precision Agriculture

   • P. Goovaerts, R. Kerry

   Pages 167-194

9. Spatial Variation and Site-Specific Management Zones

   • R. Khosla, D. G. Westfall, R. M. Reich, J. S. Mahal, W. J. Gangloff

   Pages 195-219

10. Weeds, Worms and Geostatistics

    • R. Webster

    Pages 221-241

11. The Analysis of Spatial Experiments

    • M. J. Pringle, T. F. A. Bishop, R. M. Lark, B. M. Whelan, A. B. McBratney

    Pages 243-267

12. Application of Geostatistical Simulation in Precision Agriculture

    • R. Gebbers, S. de Bruin

    Pages 269-303

13. Geostatistics and Precision Agriculture: A Way Forward

    • J. K. Schueller

    Pages 305-312

14. Back Matter

    Pages 313-331

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The aim of this book is to bring together a series of contributions from experts in the field to cover the major aspects of the application of geostatistics in precision agriculture. The focus will not be on theory, although there is a need for some theory to set the methods in their appropriate context. The subject areas identified and the authors selected have applied the methods in a precision agriculture framework. The papers will reflect the wide range of methods available and how they can be applied practically in the context of precision agriculture. This book is likely to have more impact as it becomes increasingly possible to obtain data cheaply and more farmers use onboard digital maps of soil and crops to manage their land. It might also stimulate more software development for geostatistics in PA.

• Precision Agriculture
• Site-specific Management
• Variogram
• geostatistics
• kriging
• paper
• simulation

From the reviews:

“Aims to illustrate the link between geostatistics and PA … . Experts in the subject area were each asked to write a chapter on a topic. … the editor has done a very good job in harmonizing the chapters and makes sure that they cover a sufficiently broad range of techniques. … written by geostatisticians offering techniques to a PA audience … . Does this book fulfil a need? Yes, I definitely believe so. … value for communities of both geostatisticians and PA practitioners.” (M. Van Meirvenne, European Journal of Soil Science, Vol. 62, August, 2011)

• Reading, United Kingdom

  M.A. Oliver

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