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Mapping Soil Properties of Africa at 250 m Resolution: Random Forests Significantly Improve Current Predictions

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  22. Sabastine Ugbemuna Ugbaje & Thomas F.A. Bishop, 2020. "Hydrological Control of Vegetation Greenness Dynamics in Africa: A Multivariate Analysis Using Satellite Observed Soil Moisture, Terrestrial Water Storage and Precipitation," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-15, January.
  23. Fuat Kaya & Gaurav Mishra & Rosa Francaviglia & Ali Keshavarzi, 2023. "Combining Digital Covariates and Machine Learning Models to Predict the Spatial Variation of Soil Cation Exchange Capacity," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-20, April.
  24. Sawadogo, Alidou & Dossou-Yovo, Elliott R. & Kouadio, Louis & Zwart, Sander J. & Traoré, Farid & Gündoğdu, Kemal S., 2023. "Assessing the biophysical factors affecting irrigation performance in rice cultivation using remote sensing derived information," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 278(C).
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