Research Article

Spatial Variability of Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Gurje Subwatershed, Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 6

Cross-validation indices of the ordinary kriging (OK) interpolation method for SOC and SOCS.

VariablesDepth (cm)ModelMERMSEMSEASERMSSE

SOC0–20Exponential0.07669.98−0.069410.770.95
20–40Circular0.00278.80−0.0939.141.03

SOCS0–20Spherical0.042517.40−0.075217.230.995
20–40Exponential−0.061714.37−0.061612.781.038

ME = mean error, MSE = mean standard error, RMSSE = root mean square standard error, RMSE = root mean square error, and ASE = average standard error.