Digital Soils: Data Science and Statistics
Our expertise in data science and statistics underpins many of our digital soils’ research areas and the scientists involved work on a variety of projects. Direct links between the James Hutton Institute and Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) enable access to the latest methodologies and the development of new ones. Previous projects have involved work on multivariate methods to predict soil properties from infrared spectra, using geostatistical techniques to examine spatial variation in soil properties, and compositional data analysis to holistically model relative abundances of chemical and nutrient species, as well as designing soil monitoring schemes. The close interface and collaboration of soil scientists with statisticians and data scientists across the digital soils research portfolio at the James Hutton Institute is a key strength.
