David G. Rossiter

Mr. David G. Rossiter

ISRIC-World Soil Information, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Academic Career Length

37Years (1990-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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14 June 2021 in SOIL
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LPLaura Poggio
Laura Poggio
LSLuís Moreira de Sousa
Luís Moreira de Sousa
NBNiels H. Batjes
Niels H. Batjes
GHGerard Heuvelink
Gerard Heuvelink
BKBas Kempen
Bas Kempen
DRDavid Rossiter
David Rossiter
SoilGrids produces maps of soil properties for the entire globe at medium spatial resolution (250 m cell size) using state-of-the-art machine learning methods to generate the necessary models. It takes as inputs soil observations from about 240 000 locations worldwide and over 400 global environmental covariates describing vegetation, terrain morphology, climate, geology and hydrology. The aim of this work was the production of global maps of soil properties, with cross-validation, hyper-parameter selection and quantification of spatially explicit uncertainty, as implemented in the SoilGrids version 2.0 product incorporating state-of-the-art practices and adapting them for global digital soil mapping with legacy data. The paper presents the evaluation of the global predictions produced for soil organic carbon content, total nitrogen, coarse fragments, pH (water), cation exchange capacity, bulk density and texture fractions at six standard depths (up to 200 cm). The quantitative evaluation showed metrics in line with previous global, continental and large-region studies. The qualitative evaluation showed that coarse-scale patterns are well reproduced. The spatial uncertainty at global scale highlighted the need for more soil observations, especially in high-latitude regions.

1 October 2007 in Computers & Geosciences
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Tomislav HenglTomislav Hengl
Tomislav Hengl
GHGerard B.M. Heuvelink
Gerard B.M. Heuvelink
DRDavid Rossiter
David Rossiter

1 August 1996 in Geoderma
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DRDavid Rossiter
David Rossiter

17 February 2007 in Journal of Soils and Sediments
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DRDavid Rossiter
David Rossiter

1 May 1993 in American Journal of Agricultural Economics
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HKHarry M. Kaiser
Harry M. Kaiser
SRSusan J. Riha
Susan J. Riha
DWDaniel S. Wilks
Daniel S. Wilks
DRDavid Rossiter
David Rossiter
RSRadha Sampath
Radha Sampath

1 October 2009 in CATENA
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SKSekhar L. Kuriakose
Sekhar L. Kuriakose
SDSanjaya Devkota
Sanjaya Devkota
DRDavid Rossiter
David Rossiter
VJV.G. Jetten
V.G. Jetten