Best Papers in Pedometrics

• 2007: Viscarra Rossel, R.A., Taylor, H.J. & McBratney, A.B. 2007. Multivariate calibration of hyperspectral gamma-ray energy spectra for proximal soil sensing. European Journal of Soil Science, 58, 343–353.
• 2006: Heuvelink G.B.M., Schoorl J.M., Veldkamp A., Pennock D.J. Space-time Kalman filtering of soil redistribution. Geoderma 133 (2006):124-137.
• 2005: Savelieva, E., V. Demyanov, M. Kanevski, M. Serre, G. Christakos. BME-based uncertainty assessment of the Chernobyl fallout. Geoderma, 128 (2005): 312-324.
• 2004: Finke, P. A., D.J. Brus, M.F.P. Bierkens, T. Hoogland, M. Knotters and F. de Vries, 2004. Mapping groundwater dynamics using multiple sources of exhaustive high resolution data. Geoderma 123, 23-39.
• 2003: Walter, C., R.A. Viscarra Rossel and A. B. McBratney, 2003. Spatio-temporal simulation of the field-scale evolution of organic carbon over the landscape. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67, 1477-1786.
• 2002: Bogaert, P., D’Or, D., Estimating soil properties from thematic maps: The Bayesian Maximum Entropy approcah. Soil Science Society of America Journal 66, 1492-1500.
• 2001: Minasny, B. & McBratney, A.B., A rudimentary mechanistic model for soil production and landscape development II. A two dimentional model incorporating chemical weathering. Geoderma, 103: 161-179.
• 2000: Goovaerts, P., Estimation or simulation of soil properties? An optimization problem with conflicting criteria. Geoderma, 3-4: 165-186.
• 1999: Lark R.M. & Webster R., Analysis and elucidation of soil variation using wavelets. European Journal of Soil Science, 50: 185-206.
• 1998: Boucneau G., Van Meirvenne M., Thas O. & Hofman G., Integrating properties of soil map delineations into ordinary kriging. European Journal of Soil Science 49: 213-229.
• 1997: De Gruijter J.J., Walvoort D.J.J. & Van Gaans P.F.M., Continuous soil maps – a fuzzy set approach to bridge the gap between aggregation levels of process and distribution models. Geoderma 77: 169-195.

Overview of the awarded and nominated papers, and of who made the selection:

2004
Nomination made by 2 Pedometricians

Awarded paper:
Finke, P. A., D.J. Brus, M.F.P. Bierkens, T. Hoogland, M. Knotters and F. de Vries, 2004. Mapping groundwater dynamics using multiple sources of exhaustive high resolution data. Geoderma 123, 23-39.

Nominated papers:

• Finke, P. A., D.J. Brus, M.F.P. Bierkens, T. Hoogland, M. Knotters and F. de Vries, 2004. Mapping groundwater dynamics using multiple sources of exhaustive high resolution data. Geoderma 123, 23-39.
• Hengl, T., G.B.M. Heuvelink and A. Stein, 2004. A generic framework for spatial prediction of soil variables based on regression-kriging. Geoderma 120, 75-93.
• Lark, R.M., A.E. Milne, T.M. Addiscott, K.W.T. Goulding, C.P. Webster and S.O’Flaherty, 2004 Scale- and location- dependent correlation of nitrous oxide emissions with soil properties: an analysis using wavelets. European Journal of Soil Science 55, 611-627.
• D’or, D. and P. Boogaert, 2004. Spatial prediction of categorical variables with the bayesian Maximum entropy approach: the Ooypolder case study. European Journal of Soil Science 55, 763-775.
• Zhu, J., C.L.S. Morgan, J.M. Norman, W. yue and B. Lowery, 2004. Combined mapping of soil properties using a multi-scale tree-structured spatial model. Geoderma 118, 321-334.

2003
Nomination made by 2 Pedometricians

Awarded paper:
Walter, C., R.A. Viscarra Rossel and A. B. McBratney, 2003. Spatio-temporal simulation of the field-scale evolution of organic carbon over the landscape. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67, 1477-1786.

Nominated papers:

• Gorssevski, P.V., P.E. Gessler and P. Jankowski, 2003. Interating a fuzzy k-means classification and a Bayesian approach for spatial prediction of landslide hazard. j. geograph Syst 5, 223-251.
• Hengl, T., D.G. Rossiter and A. Stein, 2003. Soil sampling stategies for spatial prediction by correlation with auxiliary maps. Australian J. of Soil Res 41, 1403-1422.
• Lark, R.M. and H.C. Wheeler, 2003. A method to investigate within-field variation of the response of combinable crops to an input. Atron. j. 95, 1093-1104.
• Metternicht, G.I. 2003. Categorical fuzziness: a boundary modelling for mapping salt-affected soils using landsat TM data and a classification based on anion ratios. Ecological Modelling 168, 371-389.
• Walter, C., R.A. Viscarra Rossel and A. B. McBratney, 2003. Spatio-temporal simulation of the field-scale evolution of organic carbon over the landscape. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67, 1477-1786.

2002
Nomination made by 3 Pedometricians

Awarded paper:
Bogaert, P., D’Or, D., 2002. Estimating soil properties from thematic maps: The Bayesian Maximum Entropy approach. Soil Science Society of America Journal 66, 1492-1500.

Nominated papers:

• Saito, H., Goovaerts, P., 2002. Accounting for measurement error in uncertainty modeling and decision-making using indicator kriging and p-field simulation: application to dioxin contaminated site. Environmetrics 13, 555-567.
• Minasny, B., McBratney, A.B., 2002. Uncertainty analysis for pedotransfer functions. European Journal of Soil Science 53, 417-429.
• Bogaert, P., D’Or, D., 2002. Estimating soil properties from thematic maps: The Bayesien Maximum Entropy approach. Soil Science Society of America Journal 66, 1492-1500.
• Lark, R.M., 2002. Optimized spatial sampling of soil for estimation of the variogram by maximum likelihood. Geoderma 105, 49-80.
• Moyeed, R.A., Papritz, A., 2002. An empirical comparison of kriging methods for nonlinear spatial point prediction. Mathematical Geology 34, 365-386.

2001
Nomination made by 3 Pedometricians

Awarded paper:
Minasny, B. and McBratney, A.B., 2001. A rudimentary mechanistic model for soil production and landscape development II. A two-dimensional model incorporating chemical weathering. Geoderma, 103:161-179.

Nominated papers:

• Minasny, B. and McBratney, A.B., 2001. A rudimentary mechanistic model for soil production and landscape development II. Atwo-dimensional model incorporating
  chemical weathering. Geoderma, 103: 161-179.
• Lark, R.M., and R. Webster. 2001. Changes in variance and correlation of soil properties with scale and location: analysis using an adapted maximal overlap discrete wavelet
  transform. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 52:547-562.
• Walvoort, D.J.J. and de Gruijter, J.J., 2001. Compositional kriging: A spatial interpolation method for compositional data. Mathematical Geology, 33: 951-966.
• Holden, N.M. 2001. Description and classification of soil structure using distance transform data. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 52:529-545. 1.
  for measurement error in uncertainty
• Viscarra Rossel, R.A., P. Goovaerts, and A.B. McBratney. 2001. Assessment of the production and economic risks of site-specific liming using geostatistical uncertainty modelling. Environmetrics 12:699-711.

2000
Selection made by 5 Pedometricians each proposing one paper

Awarded paper:
Goovaerts, P., 2000. Estimation or simulation of soil properties? An optimization problem with conflicting criteria. Geoderma, 3-4: 165-186.

Nominated papers:

• Chaplot V., Walter C., Curmi P. , and Hollier-Larousse A., 2000. The use of auxiliary geophysical data to improve a soil-landscape model. Soil Science, 165: 961-970.
• Grunwald S., Barak P., McSweeney K. & Lowery B., 2000. Soil landscape models at different scales portrayed in virtual reality modeling language. Soil Science, 165: 598-615.
• Lark R. M., 2000. A comparison of some robust estimators of the variogram for use in soil survey. European Journal of Soil Science, 51: 137-157.
• Lark R. M., 2000. Designing sampling grids from imprecise information on soil variability, an approach based on the fuzzy kriging variance. Geoderma, 98: 35-59.

1999
Selection made by 5 Pedometricians each proposing one paper

Awarded paper:
Lark R.M. & R. Webster 1999. Analysis and elucidation of soil variation using wavelets. European Journal of Soil Science, 50: 185-206

Nominated papers:

• R.R. Filgueira, Ya. A. Pachepsky, L.L. Fournier, G.O. Sarli & A. Aragon 1999. Comparison of fractal dimensions estimated from aggregate mass-size distribution and water retention scaling. Soil Science 164: 217-223
• V.J. Kollias, D.P. Kalivas & N.J. Yassoglou 1999. Mapping the soil resources of a recent alluvial plain in Greece using fuzzy sets in a GIS environment. European Journal of Soil Science 50: 261-273
• G.M.B. Heuvelink & E.J. Pebesma 1999. Spatial aggregation and soil process modelling. Geoderma 89: 47-65
• B. Minasny, A.B. McBratney & K.L. Bristow 1999. Comparison of different approaches to the development of pedotransfer function for water-retention curves. Geoderma 93: 225-253

1998
Selection made by: Dr. G.B.M. Heuvelink

Awarded paper:
Boucneau G., Van Meirvenne M., THAS O. & HOFMAN G., 1998. Integrating properties of soil map delineations into ordinary kriging. European Journal of Soil Science 49: 213-229.

Nominated papers:

• S. De Bruin & A. Stein. 1998. Soil-landscape modelling using fuzzy c-means clustering of attribute data derived from a Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Geoderma 83: 17-33.
• R.M. Lark & P.H.T. Beckett 1998. A geostatistical descriptor of the spatial distribution of soil classes, and its use in predicting the purity of possible soil map units. Geoderrna 83: 243-267.
• M.G. Schaap & F.J. Leij 1998. Database-related accuracy and uncertainty of pedotransfer functions. Soil Science 163: 765- 779.
• J.W. Van Groenigen & A. Stein 1998. Constrained optimization of spatial sampling using continuous simulated annealing. Journal of Environmental Quality 27: 1078-1086.

1997
Selection made by: Dr. M. Bierkens

Awarded paper:
De Gruijter J.J., Walvoort D.J.J. & Van Gaans P.F.M., 1997. Continuous soil maps – a fuzzy set approach to bridge the gap between aggregation levels of process and distribution models. Geoderma 77: 169-195.

Nominated papers:

• P.A. Burrough, P.F.M. van Gaans & R. Hootsmans 1997. Continuous classification in soil survey: spatial correlation, confusion and boundaries. Geoderma 77: 115-135 .
• E.J. Burke, R.J. Gurney, L.P. Simmonds & T.J. Jackson 1997. Calibrating a soil water and energy budget model with remotely sensed data to obtain quantitative information about the soil. Water Resources Research 33: 1689-1697
• L.J.A. Munro, E.C. Penning-Roswell, H.R. Barnes, M.H. Fordham & D. Jarrett 1997. Infant mortality and soil type: a case study in south-central England (with discussion). European Journal of Soil Science 48: 1-17
• J. Zhang & T.-C. Jim Yeh 1997. An iterative geostatistical inverse method for steady flow in the vadose zone. Water Resources Research 33: 63-71

1996
Selection made by : Dr. M. Van Meirvenne

Awarded paper:
Brus D.J., De Gruijter J.J., Marsman B.A., Visschers R., Bregt A.K., Breeuwsma A. & Bouma J., 1996. The performance of spatial interpolation methods and chropleth maps to estimate properties at points : A soil survey case study. Environmetrics 7:1-16.

Nominated papers:

• S. E. Cook, R. J. Corner, G. Greallsh, P. E. Gessler, and C. J. Chartres. 1996. A Rule-based System to Map Soil Properties. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 60:1893-1900.
• E. Perrier, M. Rieu, G. Sposito, and Gh. de Marsily. 1996. Models of the water retention curve for soils with a fractal pore size distribution. Water Resources Research, 32: 3025-3031.
• F. Cslllag, M. Kertés and A. Kummert, 1996. Sampling and mapping of heterogeneous surfaces: multi-resolution tiling adjusted to spatial variability. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 10: 851-875.
• G.B.M. Heuvelink. 1996. Identification of field attribute error under different models of spatial variation. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 10: 921-935.

1995
Selection made by : Prof. J. Bouma and Prof. A. Stein

Awarded paper:
Papritz A. & Webster R., 1995. Estimating temporal change in soil monitoring: I Statistical theory. European Journal of Soil Science 46: 1-12.

Nominated papers:

• Dekker, L.W. and Ritsema, C.J. 1995. Fingerlike wetting patterns in two water repellent loam soils. J. of Env. Quality 24: 324-333.
• Eggleston, J.R. and Pierce, J.J. 1995. Dynamic programming analysis of pore space. Eur.J. Soil Sci., 46: 581.590.
• Papritz, A. and Webster, R. 1995. Estimating temporal change in soil monitoring: II. Sampling from random fields. Eur. J. of Soil Sci., 46: 13-27.
• Voltz, M. and Cabidoche, Y. -M. 1995. Non-uniform volume and water content changes in swelling clay soils. I: Theoretical analysis. Eur. J. of Soil Sci., 46: 333-343
• Voltz, M. and Cabidoche, Y. -M. 1995. Non-uniform volume and water content changes in swelling clay soils. II: A field study on a Vertisol. Eur. J. of Soil Scl., 46: 345-355.

1994
Selection made by: Dr. J. de Gruijter

Awarded paper:
Bierkens M.F.P. & Weerts H.J.T., 1994. Application of indicator simulation to modelling the lithological properties of a complex layer. Geoderma 62: 265-284

Nominated papers:

• Bell, J.C., Cunningham, R.J. and Havens, M.W. 1994. Soil drainage class probability mapping using a soil-landscape model. Soil Sci. Soc. A. J., 58{2): 464-470.
• Bierkens, M.F.P. and Weerts, H.J.T.1994.Application of indicator simulation to modelling the lithological properties of a complex layer. Geoderma, 62 (1-3): 265-284.
• Buchter, B., Hinz, C. and Fühler, H. 1994. Sample size for determination of coarse fragment content in a stony soil. Geoderma, 63(314): 265-275.
• Goovaerts, P. 1994. Study of spatial relationships between two sets of variables using multivariate geostatistics. Geoderma, 62(1-3): 93-107.
• Crawford, J.W. 1994. The relation between structure and hydraulic conductivity of soil. Europ. J. of Soil Sci., 45(4):493-502.

1993
Selection made by: Dr. R. Webster

Awarded paper:
Rasiah V., Kay B.D. & Perfect E., 1993. New mass-based model for estimating fractal dimensions of aggregates. Soil Science Society of America Journal 57: 891-895.

Nominated papers:

• Bierkens, M.F .P & Burrough, P .A., 1993. The indicator approach to categorical data. Parts I and II. Journal of Soil Science 44, 361-381.
• Crawford, J.W., Ritz, K. & Young, I.M. 1993. Quantification of fungal morphology, gaseous transport and microbial dynamics in soil: an integrated framework using fractal geometry. Geoderma 56 157-172
• Goovaerts, P. & Chiang, C.N. 1993. Temporal persistence of spatial patterns of mineralizable nitrogen and selected soil properties. Soil Science Society of America Journal 57, 372-381.
• Rappoldt, C. 1993. Modelling the geometry of worm burrows in relation to oxygen diffusion. Geoderma 57: 69-88.
• Perfect, E., Kay, B.D. & Rasiah, V. 1993. Multifractal model for soil aggregate formation. Soil Science Society of America Journal 57: 896-900.

1992
Selection made by: Prof. A. McBratney and Dr. J. de Gruijter

Awarded paper:
Tang H. & Van Ranst E., 1992. Testing of fuzzy set theory in land suitability assessment for rainfed maize production. Pedologie 17: 129-147 This was the first time a “Best paper in pedometrics” was awarded. At that time no voting among nominated papers was organized. The selection was conducted by the chair and secretary of the WG-PM.