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  • Geostatistics
  • Forestry Science
  • Environmental Modeling

Background:

  • Accurate spatial interpolation of forest ecosystems is vital for resource management.
  • Forest duff layer depth is a key indicator of soil health and carbon storage.
  • Traditional interpolation methods may not fully capture complex spatial relationships.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the precision of three geostatistical interpolation algorithms for forest duff layer depth.
  • To evaluate the influence of elevation as a secondary variable on interpolation accuracy.
  • To identify the most effective method for spatial estimation of forest duff layer depth.

Main Methods:

  • Spatial interpolation using Simple Kriging with varying local means (SKlm), Kriging with an External Drift (KED), and Cokriging (COK).
  • Elevation was utilized as a secondary variable in the geostatistical models.
  • Cross-validation was performed to assess the precision of each interpolation algorithm.

Main Results:

  • Kriging with an External Drift (KED) demonstrated the highest interpolation precision.
  • Simple Kriging with varying local means (SKlm) showed lower precision due to weak correlation with elevation.
  • Cokriging (COK) produced unexpected boundary results attributed to insufficient sampling.
  • KED outperformed Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW), while SKlm and COK did not.

Conclusions:

  • Kriging with an External Drift (KED) is the superior method for spatial interpolation of forest duff layer depth when elevation is a secondary variable.
  • The correlation between the primary variable (duff depth) and the secondary variable (elevation) significantly impacts interpolation precision.
  • Geostatistical methods incorporating secondary variables require careful consideration of data distribution and variable relationships for optimal results.