Variable indicators for optimum wavelength selection in diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of soils

Sarathjith, M C and Das, B S and Wani, S P and Sahrawat, K L (2016) Variable indicators for optimum wavelength selection in diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of soils. Geoderma, 267 (-). 01-09. ISSN 0016-7061

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Abstract

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) operating in 350–2500 nm wavelength range is fast emerging as a rapid and non-invasive technique for analyzing multiple soil attributes. Because the spectral reflectance values in this range of wavelengths are highly co-linear, it is important to select relevant spectral information from the reflectance spectra to build a robust spectral algorithm. The objective of this study is to examine the utility of different variable indicators such as partial least squares regression (PLSR) coefficients (β), variable influence on projection, squared residual (SqRes), correlation coefficient (r), biweightmidcorrelation (bicor), mutual information based adjacency value (AMI), signal-to-noise ratio (StN), covariance procedures (CovProc) and their combinations in conjunction with an ordered predictor selection (OPS) approach for selecting optimum number of spectral variables (NSV) which could improve DRS model performance. The approach was tested with the PLSR models of pH, organic carbon, extractable iron (Fe), sand and clay contents and geometric mean diameter in Vertisols and Alfisols. The prediction accuracy of best models selected via OPS approach was found to be superior to full-spectrum (NSV = 2048) model for all the soil attributes. The percent decrease in RMSE value was found to be highest for Fe (14%, NSV = 79) in Alfisols followed by pH (9%, NSV = 660) in Vertisols while it varied between 3 and 8% for other soil attributes. Although the results were not conclusive in favor of one specific variable indicator, the CovProc and bicor were found to be more appropriate for accurate and moderate DRS models in this study, respectively. The overall results of this study advocate the use of OPS approach with variable indicators and their combinations as a promising strategy to develop simple and effective DRS models for soils.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Research Program : Asia
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; Variable indicator; Ordered predictor selection; Partial least squares regression; Spectral variables; Soils; Soil Science
Subjects:	Others > Soil Science
Depositing User:	Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited:	05 May 2016 06:44
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2016 10:47
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9479
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.12.031
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	The corresponding author gratefully acknowledges IIT Kharagpur for financial support granted in the form of doctoral assistantship during measurements involved in this study. We are thankful to the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur in providing spectroradiometer facility. We also thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.
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