With the help of GPS and measuring instrument of soil moisture, soil moisture was measured and analyzed. As using Geo-statistics to the study of spatial variability of soil moisture and use ArcGIS 9.0, get the spatial distribution map of soil water property with Kriging interpolation. The research result showed that all soil spatial characters are normal distribution and the spatial distribution of soil water property accord with the fact. Geo-statistics Methods is the most appropriate methods in all of Mathematical Methods for Geostatistics. The spatial distribution map of soil water property what got with Kriging interpolation can make the spatial distribution of the entire plot, more accurate and reliable. Getting a veracious spatial distribution map of soil water speciality was very important and useful for adjusting precision fertilization and precision irrigation in time. It also offered the theoretical foundation of the connection studying between soil water speciality and enhancing the yield.
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Zhang, C., Liu, S., Fang, J., Tan, K. (2008). Research on the Spatial Variability of Soil Moisture Based on GIS. In: Li, D. (eds) Computer And Computing Technologies In Agriculture, Volume I. CCTA 2007. The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 258. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77251-6_79
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