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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Soil Nitrate and Corn Yield

Multifractal Analysis

Bahman Eghball*,a, James S. Schepersa, Mehrdad Negahbanb and Michael R. Schlemmera

a USDA-ARS, 121 Keim Hall, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583
b Dep. of Eng. Mechanics, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583



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Fig. 1. The grid arrangements for the multifractal analysis. (a) is the sampling grids of the soil NO3–N and grain yield for the uniform N treatment (sampling point is indicated by a dot); (b), (c), and (d) are different multifractal cell sizes.

 


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Fig. 2. Residual soil nitrate D(q) values as a function of increasing q values for four N treatments in 4 yr.

 


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Fig. 3. Multifractal spectrums for residual soil NO3–N for four N treatments in 4 yr.

 


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Fig. 4. Residual soil NO3–N distribution for four treatments in 1995. Each map was generated using the data from the strips of that treatment.

 


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Fig. 5. Corn grain yield D(q) values as a function of increasing q values for four N treatments in 3 yr.

 


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Fig. 6. Multifractal spectrums for corn grain yield for four N treatments in 3 yr.

 


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Fig. 7. Corn grain yield distribution for four treatments in 1997. Each map was generated using the data from the strips of that treatment.

 





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