Appendix D: SoLIM Publications

Below is a list of the representative publications on SoLIM. For more recent publications, please visit http://solim.geography.wisc.edu.

Overview of SoLIM

Zhu, A.X., B. Hudson, J. Burt, K. Lubich, and D. Simonson, 2001. "Soil mapping using GIS, expert knowledge, and fuzzy logic", Soil Science Society of America Journal, Vol. 65, pp. 1463-1472.

Zhu, A.X., J.E. Burt, A.C. Moore, M.P. Smith, J. Liu, and F. Qi, 2003. "Overview of SoLIM", Internal Document, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 25 p.

Representation Scheme

For soil data representation:

Zhu, A.X., 1997. "A similarity model for representing soil spatial information", Geoderma, Vol. 77, pp. 217-242.

For soil-environment knowledge representation:

Zhu, A.X., L. Yang, B.L. Li, C.Z. Qin, T. Pei, B.Y. Liu, 2013. "Construction of quantitative relationships between soil and environment using fuzzy c-means clustering", Geoderma, Vol. 155, No. 3-4, pp. 166-174.

Knowledge Acquisition:

Zhu, A.X., 1998. "A personal constructed-based knowledge acquisition process for natural resource mapping using GIS", International Journal of Geographic Information Systems.

Zhu, A.X., 2000. “Mapping soil landscape as spatial continua: the neural network approach”, Water Resources Research, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 663-677.

Qi. F. and A.X. Zhu, 2003. "Knowledge discovery from soil maps using inductive learning", International Journal of Geographical Information Science,Vol. 17, No. 8, pp. 771-795.

Zhu, A.X., L. Yang; B. Li, C. Qin, E. English, J. E. Burt, C.H. Zhou, 2008. "Purposefully sampling for digital soil mapping". In: A.E. Hartemink, A.B. McBratney and M.L. Mendonca Santos (eds.) Digital Soil Mapping with Limited Data, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 233-245.

Liu, J., Zhu, A.X., 2009. "Mapping with words: a new approach to automated digital soil survey", International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 293-311.

Environmental Covariates Characterization:

Zhu, A.X., L.E. Band, B. Dutton, and T. Nimlos, 1996. "Automated soil inference under fuzzy logic", Ecological Modelling, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp. 123-145.

Smith, M.P., A.X. Zhu*, J.E. Burt, C. Stiles, 2006. "Effects of DEM resolution and neighborhood size on digital soil survey", Geoderma,Vol. 137, pp.58-69.

Shi, X., A.X. Zhu, J.E. Burt, W. Choi, R.X. Wang, T. Pei, B. Li, and C. Qin, 2007. "An experiment using a circular neighborhood to calculate slope gradient from a DEM", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing,Vol. 73, No. 2, pp.143-154.

Qin, C. A.X. Zhu*, X. Shi, T. Pei, B. Li, C. Zhou, 2009. "The quantification of spatial gradation of slope positions", Geomorphology, Vol. 110, No. 3-4, pp. 152-161.

Zhu, A.X., F. Liu, B.L. Li, T. Pei, C.Z. Qin, G.H. Liu, Y.J. Wang, Y.N. Chen, X.W. Ma, F. Qi, C.H. Zhou, 2013. "Differentiation of soil conditions over flat areas using land surface feedback dynamic patterns extracted from MODIS", Soil Science Society of America Journal. Vol. 74, NO. 3, pp. 861-869.

Qin, C.Z., A.X Zhu, T. Pei, B.L. Li, S. Scholten, T. Behrens, C.H. Zhou, 2011. "An approach to computing topographic wetness index based on maximum downslope gradient". Precision Agriculture. Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 32-43. doi: 10.1007/s11119-009-9152-y.

Qin, C.Z., A.X. Zhu, W.L. Qiu, Y.J. Lu, B.L. Bao, T. Pei, accepted. "Mapping soil organic matter in small low-relief catchments using fuzzy slope position information", Geoderma, in press.

Inference Methods:

Zhu, A.X. and L.E. Band, 1994. "A knowledge-based approach to data integration for soil mapping", Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 408-418.

Shi, X., A.X. Zhu, J.E. Burt, F. Qi, and D. Simonson, 2004. "A case-based reasoning approach to fuzzy soil mapping", Soil Science Society of America Journal,Vol. 68, pp.885-894.

Qi, F., A.X. Zhu, M. Harrower, and J.E. Burt, 2006. "Fuzzy soil mapping based on prototype category theory", Geoderma,Vol. 136, pp. 774-787.

Zhu, A.X., 2008. "Rule based mapping". In: J.P. Wilson and A.S. Fotheringham (eds.) The Handbook of Geographic Information Science, Blackwell, Malden, MA, pp. 273-291.

Property Derivation:

Zhu, A.X., L.E. Band, R. Vertessy, and B. Dutton, 1997. "Derivation of soil properties using a Soil-Land Inference Model (SoLIM)", Soil Science Society of America Journal, Vol. 61, pp. 523-533.

Zhu, A.X., F. Qi, A. Moore, J.E. Burt, 2013. "Prediction of soil properties using fuzzy membership", Geoderma, Vol. 158, pp. 199-206.

Visualization and Uncertainty:

A.X. Zhu, 1997. "Measuring uncertainty in class assignment for natural resource maps under fuzzy logic", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Vol. 63, pp. 1195-1202.

Burt, J.E., A.X. Zhu, M. Harrower, 2011. "Depicting classification uncertainty using perception based color models", Annals of GIS, 17(3): 147-153.

Detailed Soil Mapping and Environmental Modeling:

A.X. Zhu, 1998. "Fuzzy inference of soil patterns: implications for watershed modeling", in D.L. Corwin, K. Loague, and T.R. Ellsworth (eds.) Application of GIS, Remote Sensing, Geostatistical and Solute Transport Modeling to the Assessment of Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Vadose Zone, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

A.X. Zhu, D. Scott Mackay, 2001. "Effects of spatial detail of soil information on watershed modeling", Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 248, pp. 54-77.

T. Quinn, A.X. Zhu*, and J.E. Burt, 2005. "Effects of detailed soil spatial information on watershed modeling across different model scales", International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,Vol. 7, pp.324-338.

Li, R.K., A.X. Zhu, X.F. Song, B.L. Li, T. Pei, C.Z. Qin. "Effects of Spatial Aggregation of Soil Spatial Information on Watershed Hydrological Modeling",Hydrological Processes, in press.