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. 2013 Dec 31;8(12):e83592. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083592

Table 3. Semi-variogram analysis of SOC and STN and its parameters.

Soil nutrients‡ Data Item Active lag distance(m) Lag interval(m) Model Nugget C 0 Sill C 0+C Nugget/Sill C 0/(C 0+C) (%) Range (m) R 2
SOC residual error(RK) 1285.15 280 Spherical 0.0100 6.5230 0.2 365 0.996
STN residual error(RK) 1285.15 280 Gaussian 0.0001 0.0779 0.1 424 0.915
SOC raw data(OK) 1285.15 250 Spherical 0.6500 6.5740 9.9 288 0.880
STN raw data(OK) 1285.15 250 Spherical 0.0031 0.0817 3.8 399 0.908

“‡” SOC  =  soil organic carbon; STN  =  soil total nitrogen; RK  =  regression-kriging; OK  =  ordinary kriging.