- Pedometrics
Pedometrics is the application of mathematical and statistical methods for the study of the distribution and genesis of soils. [cite journal | last = Heuvelink | first = Gerard | title = The Definition of Pedometrics | journal = Pedometron | volume = | issue = 15 | publisher = International Working Group on Pedometrics - Provisional Commission on Pedometrics of the
International Union of Soil Sciences | month = December | year = 2003 | url = http://www.pedometrics.org/pedometron/pedometron15.pdf | accessdate = 2006-11-01 |format=PDF]Pedometrics is a neologism derived from the Greek roots "pedos", soil and, "metron", measurement. Measurement in this case is restricted to mathematical and statistical methods as it relates to pedology, the branch of
soil science that studies soil in its natural setting.Pedometrics addresses soil related problems when there is
uncertainty due todeterministic orstochastic variation, vagueness and lack of knowledge of soil properties and processes. It relies upon mathematical, statistical, and numerical methods and extends to numerical approaches to classification to deal with a supposed deterministic variation.Simulation models incorporate uncertainty by adoptingchaos theory ,statistical distribution , orfuzzy logic .Pedometrics addresses pedology from the perspective of emerging scientific fields such as
wavelets analysis,fuzzy set theory anddata mining in soil data modelling applications. The advance of pedometrics is also linked to improvements in remote and close-range sensing. [cite journal | last = Peter A. | first = Burrough | coauthors = Johan Bouma and Scott R. Yates | title = The state of the art in pedometrics | journal = Geoderma | volume = 62 | issue = | pages = 311–326 | publisher = Elsevier Science B. V., Amsterdam | year = 1994 | url = http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/53102000/pdf_pubs/P1277.pdf | accessdate = 2006-11-01 | doi = 10.1016/0016-7061(94)90043-4 |format=PDF]ee also
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Digital soil mapping References
External links
* [http://www.pedometrics.org Pedometrics Official Website]
* [http://www.digitalsoilmapping.org Working Group on Digital Soil Mapping]
* [http://www.IUSS.org International Union of Soil Sciences]
* [http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/ NRCS Web Soil Survey] Inventory of the soil resource across the U.S.
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