<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Spatial analysis of soil parameters in Domagor-Pahuj watershed using Geostatistical methods of GIS</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R H</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Rizvi</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R S</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Yadav</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Singh</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S B</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Pandey</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S P</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Wani</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S K</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Dhyani</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The water and land management is an important aspect in watershed programme increasing the productivity visa-vis&#13;
sustainability of resources. Watersheds are natural hydraulic entity where water flows in a definite path to a&#13;
common point. For land use planning of any watershed, soil characterization for its area is very essential and important.&#13;
This would help in knowing the soil fertility status in watershed area. GIS is a tool that can be effectively used for&#13;
spatial analysis of soil fertility for a desired geographical area. Domagor-Pahuj watershed is situated in Jhansi district&#13;
of Bundelkhand region and located between 25o28’ to 25o31’ N latitude and 078o25’ to 078o28’ E longitude. This&#13;
watershed has a total geographical area of 1 646 ha out of which 1 373 ha area is treatable and consists of three&#13;
villages namely Domagor, Dikauli and Naya Khera. A total number of 103 representative soil samples were taken&#13;
from Domagor-Pahuj watershed during May-June 2010. These samples were analyzed for soil parameters like pH,&#13;
OC, EC, P, K, Zn, B and S. These sample points were geographically referenced and soil maps were generated using&#13;
Geostatistical interpolation methods in Arc GIS 10. Ordinary and Universal Krigging methods were applied and&#13;
compared on the basis of RMSE. Out of the two methods applied, ordinary Kriging was found better for prediction of&#13;
soil EC, P, B and S, whereas universal Krigging was found better for prediction of soil pH, OC, K and Zn. Thus,&#13;
spatial maps were generated by Ordinary and Universal Krigging methodsfor these soil parameters and hence may be&#13;
used for soil fertility status and land use planning of Domagor-Pahuj watershed.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">GIS Techniques/Remote Sensing</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Soil</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Statistical Models</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Watershed Management</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Water Resources</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2015-04</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>ICAR</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>