Directional Differences in Thematic Maps of Soil Chemical Attributes with Geometric Anisotropy
, Tamara Cantú Maltauro 1,*, Luciana Pagliosa Carvalho Guedes 1, Miguel Angel Uribe-Opazo 1,* and Gustavo Henrique Dalposso 2Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsComments were added to a copy of the manuscript's pdf file attached. They are pasted below.
This manuscrit aims at the quantification of directional differences in numerical thematic maps affected by anisotropy in spatial dipendence. It uses simulated data and also a small database of real data of soil chemical contents in carbon, calcium and potassium in 100 soil samples.
While it appears that the aim is satisfied by geostatistical techniques, I feel that the authors should state clearly where lies their originality in the applications described.
Is geostatistics not being applied in sustainable precision agriculture in the State of Parana'?
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Comments on the Quality of English LanguageI have made comments and corrections through the text. They have been copied and collected in the note to the right at the beginning of the copy of pdf of text.
Author Response
Dear reviewer, initially we would like to thank you for all your comments and improvements to the article. All comments and reviewers were made on the article.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe article is of high quality. There is only one remark. This remark concerns the following statement of the authors (lines 240-242): "This result suggests an absence of linear trend of these properties with the X and Y axes [5], where the x coordinate has a significant effect for carbon content (C), calcium content (Ca), while the y coordinate has a significant effect for potassium content (K) (Table 2)."
If the "p-value" is less than 0.05, then the linear correlation can be considered statistically significant. According to table 2, this situation is observed in three cases. These cases are indicated in the text of the article (lines 240-242), but the text is not very clear. It should be clarified in the sense that in these 3 cases there is a linear correlation (regardless of the value of the correlation coefficient).
Author Response
Dear reviewer, initially we would like to thank you for your comments and improvements to the article. All comments and reviewers were held on the article.
The article is of high quality. There is only one remark. This remark concerns the following statement of the authors (lines 240-242): "This result suggests an absence of linear trend of these properties with the X and Y axes [5], where the x coordinate has a significant effect for carbon content (C), calcium content (Ca), while the y coordinate has a significant effect for potassium content (K) (Table 2)."
If the "p-value" is less than 0.05, then the linear correlation can be considered statistically significant. According to table 2, this situation is observed in three cases. These cases are indicated in the text of the article (lines 240-242), but the text is not very clear. It should be clarified in the sense that in these 3 cases there is a linear correlation (regardless of the value of the correlation coefficient).
Answer: Text explanation has been improved.
