Digital Mapping of the Humus Horizon Thickness in Soils of the Cis-Salair Plain Using the Random Forest Machine Learning Algorithm
摘要
Results of digital mapping of the humus horizon thickness (HHT) in the soils of the Cis-Salair Plain using the Random Forest (RF) machine learning algorithm implemented on the Google Earth Engine cloud online platform are reported. A total of 92 predictors are employed to characterize the soil formation factors, including climate, relief, vegetation, spatial position, and soil properties. Training (n = 718) and validation (n = 130) datasets are constructed based on the archive materials (1974–1984) of ZapSibNIIgiprozem (Western Siberian Research, Design, and Survey Institute for Land Use Planning). The following indicators of the HHT modeling efficacy using the RF algorithm are obtained: coefficient of determination for training dataset