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Table 3 Fitted semivariogram models for soil variables and estimates of model parameters

From: Spatial prediction of soil acidity and nutrients for site-specific soil management in Bedele district, Southwestern Ethiopia

Soil variables

Model fit

Estimates of parameters

Nugget/sill ratio

Nugget

Sill

Range

pH

Gaussian

0.357

0.692

0.175

0.515

OC

Spherical

0.052

0.179

0.128

0.289

TN

Gaussian

0.003

0.006

0.121

0.500

AvP

Stable

0

3.292

0.024

0

Ex. Mg

Gaussian

0.039

0.057

0.015

0.684

Ex. K

Spherical

0.006

0.314

0.021

0.019

Ex. Ca

Gaussian

0.124

0.262

0.304

0.473

CEC

Exponential

0.036

0.083

0.140

0.434