D G Rossiter's Publications & Computer Programs

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Refereed journals

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4558-1286
Scopus Author ID: 7006373083
Thompson-Reuters ResearcherID: D-3842-2009

• As first author
• As thesis supervisor
• As co-author

As first author

1. Rossiter, D. G., Zeng, R., & Zhang, G.-L. 2017. Accounting for taxonomic distance in accuracy assessment of soil class predictions. Geoderma, 292, 118–127. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.01.012
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2. Rossiter, David G.; Liu, Jing; Carlisle, Steve; Zhu, A-Xing. 2015 Can citizen science assist digital soil mapping? Geoderma, 259-260: 71-80. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.05.006
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   • Nature News & Comment 524, 265 Rise of the citizen scientist mentioning this article.
3.   Rossiter, DG 2007 Classification of Urban and Industrial Soils in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources Journal of Soils and Sediments 7: 96-100. doi: 10.1065/jss2007.02.208
   • Preprint (82 Kb) courtesy of the Journal of Soils and Sediments
4. Rossiter, DG 2004 Digital soil resource inventories: status and prospects Soil Use & Management 20 (3) 296-301. doi:10.1111/j.1475-2743.2004.tb00372.x

   Updated in 2015; see below.

5. Rossiter, DG & Riha, S.J. 1999 Modeling plant competition with the GAPS object-oriented dynamic simulation model. Agronomy Journal 91 (5): 773-783. doi:10.2134/agronj1999.915773x
6. Rossiter, DG 1996 A theoretical framework for land evaluation (with Discussion) Geoderma 72: 165-202. doi:10.1016/0016-7061(96)00031-6
7. Rossiter, DG 1995 Economic land evaluation: why and how. Soil Use & Management, 11: 132-140. doi:10.1111/j.1475-2743.1995.tb00511.x
8. Rossiter, DG & Rodríguez, M. F. 1994 Construcción de modelos digitales de terreno para la evaluación de tierras. Venesuelos 2 (1): 37-44.
9. Rossiter, DG 1990 ALES: a framework for land evaluation using a microcomputer. Soil Use & Management, 6 (1): doi:10.1111/j.1475-2743.1990.tb00790.x

   Reprint (1,146 Kb) Notice: "This material has been published in Soil Use & Management 6(1): 7-20, the only accredited archive of the content that has been certified and accepted after peer review. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by the British Society of Soil Science (BSSS). This material may not be copied or reposted without explicit permission of the copyright owner."

As thesis supervisor

1. Dai, L., Palombo, C., van Gils, H.; Rossiter, D. G.; Tognetti, R.; Luo, G. 2017. Pinus mugo krummholz dynamics during concomitant change in pastoralism and climate in the central Apennines. Mountain Research and Development, 37, 75--86. doi: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-14-00104.1 Open access.
2. Cambule, A.H.; Rossiter, D.G.; Stoorvogel, J.J.; Smaling, E.M.A. 2015. Rescue and renewal of legacy soil resource inventories: A case study of the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique. CATENA, 125, 169-182. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.10.019
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3. Cambule, A.H.; Rossiter, D.G.; Stoorvogel, J.J.; Smaling, E.M.A. 2014. Soil organic carbon stocks in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique: Amount, spatial distribution and uncertainty. Geoderma, 213, 46-56. doi: j.geoderma.2013.07.015
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4. Chinembiri, T. S., Bronsveld, M. C., Rossiter, D. G.; Dube, T. 2013. The precision of C stock estimation in the Ludhikola watershed using model-based and design-based approaches. Natural Resources Research, 22(4), 279-309. doi: 10.1007/s11053-013-9216-6
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5. Cambule, A.H.; Rossiter, D.G.; Stoorvogel, J.J. 2013. A methodology for digital soil mapping in poorly-accessible areas. Geoderma, 191, 341-353. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.08.020
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6. Rathod, P. H.; Rossiter, D. G.; Noomen, M. F.; van der Meer, F. D. 2013. Proximal spectral sensing to monitor phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 15(5), 405-426. doi: 10.1080/15226514.2012.702805
7. Cambule, A.H.; Rossiter, D.G.; Stoorvogel, J.J.; Smaling, E.M.A. 2012. Building a near infrared spectral library for soil organic carbon estimation in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique. Geoderma, 183-4, 41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.03.011
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8. Bacic, Ivan Luis Zilli; Rossiter, David G.; Mannaerts, Christiaan Mathias. 2008. Applicability of a distributed watershed pollution model in a data-poor environment in Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 32(4), 1699-1712. doi:10.1590/S0100-06832008000400035
9. 刘茜 (Liu Qian); Rossiter, David G. 2008. 基于高光谱数据和MODIS影像的鄱阳湖悬浮泥沙浓度估算 (Estimation on Suspended Sedimentation Concentration of Poyang Lake Using MODIS and Hyperspectral Data) 遥感技术与应用 (Remote Sensing Technology and Application) 23(1), 7-11
   • On-line at 万方数据 (wanfangdata.com) (Abstract; link to full text and PDF)
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10. Yemefack, M; Rossiter, DG; Yetten, V.G. 2006. Empirical modelling of soil dynamics along a chronosequence of shifting cultivation systems in southern Cameroon. Geoderma, 133, 380-397. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.08.003
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11. Bacic, I.L.Z.; Rossiter, DG & Bregt, A.K. 2006. Using spatial information for improving collective understanding of shared environmental problems at watershed level. Landscape and Urban Planning, 77, 54-66. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.01.005
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12. Yemefack, M; Yetten, V.G.; Rossiter, DG. 2006. Developing a minimum data set for characterizing soil dynamics in shifting cultivation systems. Soil & Tillage Research, 86,84-98. doi: 10.1016/j.still.2005.02.017
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13. Bacic, I.L.Z.; Bregt, A.K.& Rossiter, DG. 2006. A participatory approach for integrating risk assessment into rural decision making: a case study in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Agricultural Systems, 87(2), 229-244. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.01.008
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14. Yemefack, M.; Rossiter, DG & Njomgang, R. 2005. Multi-scale characterization of soil variability within an agricultural landscape mosaic system in southern Cameroon. Geoderma 125(1/2), 117-143. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.07.007
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15. Hengl, T.; Walvoort, D.J.J.; Brown, A. & Rossiter, DG 2004 A double continuous approach to visualisation and analysis of fuzzy maps. International Journal of Geographic Information Science 18(1/2), 183-202. doi:10.1080/13658810310001620924
16. Hengl T., Rossiter D.G., & Stein A. 2003 Soil sampling strategies for spatial prediction by correlation with auxiliary maps Australian Journal of Soil Research 41(8), 1403-1422.

    Abstract from the Journal's website; full text for subscription or per-copy purchase.
    Reprint (2,611 Kb) Notice: Posted on author's personal web site in accordance with guidelines from the Australian Journal of Soil Research

17. Hengl, T. & Rossiter, DG 2003 Supervised landform classification to enhance and replace photo-interpretation in semi-detailed soil survey. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 67(6), 1810-1822. doi:10.2136/sssaj2003.1810
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18. Bacic, I.L.Z., Rossiter, DG & Bregt, A.K. 2003. The use of land evaluation information by land use planners and decision-makers: a case study in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Soil Use & Management 19(1): 12-18. doi:10.1111/j.1475-2743.2003.tb00274.x.
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As co-author

1. Ju, B., Wu, K.-N., Zhang, G.-L., Rossiter, D. G., & Li, L. (2017). Characterization of some calcareous soils from Henan and their proposed classification in Chinese Soil Taxonomy. Pedosphere, 27(4): 758-768. doi:10.1016/S1002-0160(17)60302-3
2. Zeng, R., Rossiter, D. G., Yang, F., Li, D.-C., Zhao, Y.-G., & Zhang, G.-L. (2017). How accurately can soil classes be allocated based on spectrally predicted physio-chemical properties? Geoderma, 303, 78–84. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.05.011
3. Yang, F., Huang, L. M., Rossiter, D. G., Yang, F., Yang, R. M., & Zhang, G. L. (2017). Evolution of loess-derived soil along a climatic toposequence in the Qilian Mountains, NE Tibetan Plateau. European Journal of Soil Science, 68(3), 270–280. doi: 10.1111/ejss.12425
4. Lubczynski, M. W., Chavarro-Rincon, D. C., & Rossiter, D. G. (2017). Conductive sapwood area prediction from stem and canopy areas - allometric equations of Kalahari trees, Botswana. Ecohydrology, on-line 13-March-2017. doi: 10.1002/eco.1856
5. Zuo, S., Yang, J., Huang, L., Rossiter, D. G., & Zhang, G. (2016). Assessment of plant-driven mineral weathering in an aggrading forested watershed in subtropical China. Pedosphere, 26(6), 817–828. doi: 10.1016/S1002-0160(15)60069-8
6. Zeng, C. Y., Zhu, A.-X., Liu, F., Yang, L., Rossiter, D. G., Liu, J. Z., & Wang, D. S. (2017). The impact of rainfall magnitude on the performance of digital soil mapping over low-relief areas using a land surface dynamic feedback method. Ecological Indicators, 72, 297–309. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.08.023
7. Zeng, Can-Ying, Yang, Lin, Zhu, A-Xing, Rossiter, David G., Liu, Jing, Liu, Jun-Zhi, Qin, Cheng－Zhi， Wang, DeSheng. (2016). Mapping soil organic matter concentration at different scales using a mixed geographically weighted regression method. Geoderma, 281, 69–82. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.06.033
8. Zeng, R., Zhang, G.-L., Li, D.-C., Rossiter, D. G., and Zhao, Y.-G. (2016). How well can VNIR spectroscopy distinguish soil classes?. Biosystems Engineering, 52, 117-125; doi: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2016.04.019
9. Huang, L.-M., Zhang, X.-H., Shao, M.-A., Rossiter, D., and Zhang, G.-L. (2016). Pedogenesis significantly decreases the stability of water-dispersible soil colloids in a humid tropical region. Geoderma, 274, 45–53. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.04.005
10. Wang, D.-C., Zhang, G.-L., Rossiter, D. G., and Zhang, J.-H. (2016). The prediction of soil texture from Visible–Near-Infrared spectra under varying moisture conditions. Soil Science Society of America Journal, Published: March 29, 2016; doi: 10.2136/sssaj2015.10.0379
11. Mason, C. W., Stoof, C. R., Richards, B. K., Rossiter, D. G., and Steenhuis, T. S. (2016). Spring-thaw nitrous oxide emissions from reed canarygrass on wetness-prone marginal soil in New York State. Soil Science Society of America Journal. Published: February 19, 2016; doi: 10.2136/sssaj2015.05.0182
12. Yang, R-M., Rossiter, D.G., Liu, F., Lu, Y-Y., Yang, Fan., Yang, Fei., Zhao, Y-G., Li, D-C., and Zhang, G-L. (2015). Predictive mapping of topsoil organic Carbon in an Alpine environment aided by Landsat TM. PLoS ONE 10, e0139042; doiL 10.1371/journal.pone.0139042
13. Liu, F., D.G. Rossiter, X.-D. Song, G.-L. Zhang, R.-M. Yang, Y.-G. Zhao, D.-C. Li, and B. Ju. (2016) A similarity-based method for three-dimensional prediction of soil organic matter concentration. Geoderma 263(1):254-263; doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.05.013
14. Rathod, P.H., C. Brackhage, F.D. Van der Meer, I. Müller, M.F. Noomen, D.G. Rossiter, and G.E. Dudel. (2015). Spectral changes in the leaves of barley plant due to phytoremediation of metals - results from a pot study. European Journal of Remote Sensing4 48:283–302; doi:10.5721/EuJRS20154816
15. Chen, L.M; Zhang, G.L; Rossiter, D.G.; Cao., Z.H. (2015) Rates and controlling factors of magnetic depletion and enhancement during the long-term evolution of paddy and non-paddy soil chronosequences, European Journal of Soil Science 66(5) 886-897 (first published online: 16 JUL 2015), doi:10.1111/ejss.12281.
16. Worqlul, A. W., Collick, A. S., Rossiter, D. G., Langan, S., & Steenhuis, T. S. 2015. Assessment of surface water irrigation potential in the Ethiopian highlands: The Lake Tana Basin. CATENA, 129, 76–85. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2015.02.020
17. Sarmento, E. C., E. Giasson, E. J. Weber, C. A. Flores, D. G. Rossiter, and H. Hasenack. 2014. Caracterização de mapas legados de solos: uso de indicadores em mapas com diferentes escalas no Rio Grande Do Sul. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo 38: 1672-1680.
18. Huang, L.-M., J.-L. Yang, A. Thompson, D.G. Rossiter, S.-M. Zuo, and G.-L. Zhang. 2015. Proton production from nitrogen transformation drives stream export of base cations in acid-sensitive forested watersheds. Ecological Indicators 48: 348–357; doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.08.028
19. Fan, X., D.G. Rossiter, C.J. van Westen, Q. Xu, and T. Görüm. 2014. Empirical prediction of coseismic landslide dam formation. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 39 (14): 1913-1926; doi:10.1002/esp.3585
20. Zhao, Ming-Song, Rossiter, David G.1, Li, De-Cheng, Zhao, Yu-Guo, Liu, Feng, & Zhang, Gan-Lin. 2014. Mapping soil organic matter in low-relief areas based on land surface diurnal temperature difference and a vegetation index. Ecological Indicators, 39, 120–133. Full text: doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.12.015
21. Huang, Lai-Ming; Zhang, Gan-Lin; Thompson, Aaron & Rossiter, David G., 2013. Pedogenic transformation of phosphorus during paddy soil development on calcareous and acid parent materials. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 77 (6), 2078-2088 p. Full text: doi: 10.2136/sssaj2013.01.0033
22. Shafique, M., van der Meijde, M., & Rossiter, D. G., 2011. Geophysical and remote sensing - based approach to model regolith thickness in a data - sparse environment. CATENA, 87 (1), 11-19 p. Full text: doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.04.004
23. Eliasson, A., Jones, R. J. A., Nachtergaele, F., Rossiter, D. G., Terres, J. M., Van Orshoven, J., et al., 2010. Common criteria for the redefinition of Intermediate Less Favoured Areas in the European Union. Environmental Science & Policy, 13: 766-777. Full text: doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.08.003
24. Choe, E., van der Meer, F., Rossiter, D., van der Salm, C., & Kim, K.-W., 2010. An Alternate Method for Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopic Determination of Soil Nitrate Using Derivative Analysis and Sample Treatments. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 206(1), 129-137. Full text: doi: 10.1007/s11270-009-0091-z
25. Sekhar, L.K. Devkota, S. Rossiter, D.G. Jetten, V.G, 2009. Prediction of soil depth using environmental variables in an anthropogenic landscape, a case study in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. CATENA, 79(1), 27-38; doi:10.1016/j.catena.2009.05.005
26. van Gils, Hein; Batsukh, Orgil; Rossiter, David, Munthali, Wizaso & Liberatoscioli, Elena, 2008. Forecasting the pattern and pace of Fagus forest expansion in Majella National Park, Italy. Applied Vegetation Science, 11(4), 539-546; doi: 10.3170/2008-7-18568
27. Hengl, Tomislav; Heuvelink, Gerard B.M. & Rossiter, David G. 2007. About regression-kriging: From equations to case studies. Computers & Geosciences 33 (10) 1301-1315. Full text: doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.05.001
28. van Laake, Patrick E. & Rossiter, DG 1998 An Integrated Framework for Land Evaluation with Soil Conservation Components in Costa Rica. Conservation Voices: Listening to the Land 1 (2) (April/May 1998): 26-30.
29. Kaiser, H.M., Riha, S.J., Wilks, D.S., Rossiter, D. G., & Sampath, R. 1993. A farm-level analysis of economic and agronomic impacts of gradual climate warming. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 75: 387-398 doi: 10.2307/1242923

Other journals

1. Rossiter, DG. 2009 Report from the trenches: Preparing developing-country students for pedometrics, Pedometron 26: 14-16.

   Pedometron 26: 14-16 (307 Kb) from the newsletter of the Pedometrics commission of the International Union of Soil Sciences

2. Rossiter, DG. 2005 Digital soil mapping: Towards a multiple-use Soil Information System. Análisis Geográficos (Revista del Instituto Geográfico "Augusín Codazzi") 32(1): 7-15.
   (Paper originally presented at Semana de la Geomática; August 2005, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia.)

   Paper (36 Kb)

3. Rossiter, DG 1998 Creating seamless digital maps from Survey of India topographic sheets GIS India 7 (3) , October 1998
4. Rossiter, DG; Smith, S.H.; Cole, H.; Pfeiffer, R.P. 1977 Spindle streak virus costly on wheat crops Science in Agriculture, 24 (4), Summer 1977 (Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station)

Monographs

• R applications
• ITC lecture notes
• Other

R applications

1. Rossiter, DG 2017. Technical note: Processing the Harmonized World Soil Database in R Version 1.4, 10-Aug-2017, 35 pp. Self-published online. (first version 2012)

   On-line document (2.2 Mb)
   R code (text, 24 Kb)
   HWSD attribute database in SQL format (ZIP archive, 1.9 Mb)
   HWSD raster map, database, documentation at IIASA (hyperlink)
   Versión en Español, por Ivan Lizarazo (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), incluye métodos para aceder directament a bases de datos formato MS-Access; el ejemplo es de Colombia.

2. Rossiter, DG 2017. An introduction to geostatistics with R/gstat Version 3.7, 12-May-2017. 139 pp. (first version 2010) Self-published online. Also includes linear modelling, classification and regression trees, random forests, GAM as optional sections.

   On-line version (2.8 Mb); R code (Zip, 9.8Kb)

3. Rossiter, DG 2017. Tutorial: Using the R Environment for Statistical Computing: An example with the Mercer-Hall wheat yield dataset Version 3.1, 26-June-2014. iv+240 pp. Self-published online. (first version 2006)

   On-line version (1.8 Mb); Dataset (CSV, 8 Kb) R code (Zip, 22 Kb)

4. Distance education course: Geostatistics & Open-source statistical computing

   19 tutorial exercises covering various aspects of geostatistics, all with R code.

5. Rossiter, DG 2017. Tutorial: An example of data analysis using the R environment for statistical computing Version 1.4, 06-May-2017. 147 pp. Self-published online.

   This uses a small dataset of soil properties from Cameroon. Tutorial exercise (1.1 Mb); Dataset (CSV, 12Kb); R code (ZIP, 10.5Kb

6. Rossiter, DG 2016. Tutorial: Time series in R. Version 1.1, 27-April-2016. ii+136 pp. Self-published online.

   On-line version (1.2 Mb); Datasets (Zip, 24 Kb) R code (Zip, 12 Kb)

7. Rossiter, DG; Loza, A. 2016. Technical Note: Analyzing land cover change with logistic regression in R. Version 2.4, 14-May-2016. 67 pp. (First version April 2004)

   On-line version (385 Kb); Sample data set, CSV (33 Kb); R code from document (8 Kb) R functions (8 Kb)

8. Rossiter, DG 2016. Technical note: Curve fitting with the R Project for Statistical Computing Version 1.1, 15-May-2016, i + 21 pp.

   On-line version (262 Kb) R code (7 Kb)

9. Rossiter, DG 2014. Introduction to the R Project for Statistical Computing for use at ITC 12-June-2014, v + 147 pp. (First version 2003; no longer maintained)

   On-line, version of 12-June-2014 (3 Mb)

10. Rossiter, DG 2012. Technical Note: Co-kriging with the gstat package of the R environment for statistical computing Version 2.3, 11-December2012. 81 pp. (First version March 2005). Self-published online.

    On-line version (4 Mb); R code

11. Rossiter, DG 2013. Technical Note: Optimal partitioning of soil transects with R. Version 2.1 16-October-2013. 26pp. (First version November 2004) Self-published online.

    On-line version (168 Kb); R code; Example data

12. Rossiter, DG 2014. Technical Note: Statistical methods for accuracy assesment of classified thematic maps. Technical Report ITC, Enschede, NL. revised 28-April-2014. 43pp.

    On-line version (185 Kb); R code: Compute kappa statistics; Compute weighted kappa statistics; Compute tau statistics

13. Rossiter, DG 2012. Technical Note: Literate Data Analysis using the R environment for statistical computing and the knitr package 26-December-2012, 35 pp.

    On-line, version 1.0 (360 Kb); explains the use of R, knitr, and LaTeX for reproducible and literate analysis.

14. Rossiter, DG 2005. Technical Note: Fitting rational functions to time series in R. Technical Report ITC, Enschede, NL. Version 1, December 2005. 15 pp.

    On-line version (221 Kb); Sample data set, CSV (29 Kb);

ITC lecture notes

1. Rossiter, DG 2012. Research Concepts and Skills. Enschede (NL): UT/ITC; 3 volumes; last revision 11-April-2013 (First version June 2001)

   On-line version (15.6 Mb compressed)

   Lecture slides corresponding to the above, last update 11-Apr-2013 (15 lectures, compressed 18.5 Mb)

3. Rossiter, DG; Vargas Rojas, R 2006. Herramientas para realizar una investigación. ITC, Enschede, the Netherlands; CLAS, Cochabamba, Bolivia. 40pp. Septiembre 2006.

   This is a Spanish-language translation and adaptation of an early version of the previous.
   On-line version (186 Kb)

4. Rossiter, DG & Hengl, T. 2002. Technical note: Creating geometrically-correct photo-interpretations, photomosaics, and base maps for a project GIS Technical Report ITC Soil Science Division, Enschede, NL. 3rd Revised Version, 26-March-2002. 26pp. (First version December 2001)

   On-line versions

5. Rossiter, DG 2000. Lecture Notes & Reference: Methodology for Soil Resource Inventories . ITC Lecture Notes SOL.SRI. Enschede, the Netherlands: ITC. 132pp. 2nd revised version, March-2000. (First version February 1998)

   On-line version (392 Kb)

6. Rossiter, DG; Vargas Rojas, R 2004. Metodologías para el levantamiento del recurso suelo . ITC, Enschede, the Netherlands; CLAS, Cochabamba, Bolivia. 145pp. Agosto 2004.

   This is a Spanish-language translation and adaptation of the previous.
   On-line version (1.1 Mb)

Other monographs

1. Husnjak, S; Rossiter, DG; Hengl, T; Milos, C. In press Soil inventory and soil classification in Croatia: historical review, current activities, and future directions. ISRIC Country Report

   Preprint (317 Kb)

2. Atkilt Girma; Rossiter, DG; Siderius, W; and Henneman, R. 2001. Soils of the Lake Naivasha area, Kenya: Summary of investigations by the Soil Science Division, ITC. Technical Report ITC Soil Science Division, Enschede, NL. July 2001. 25pp.

   On-line version (718 Kb)

3. Atkilt Girma and Rossiter, DG 2001. Soil investigations on the Sulmac farm, Naivasha, Kenya by the Soil Science Division, ITC. Technical Report ITC Soil Science Division, Enschede, NL. July 2001. 29pp.

   On-line version (1,098 Kb)

4. Rossiter, DG, & Van Wambeke, A. R. 1997. Automated Land Evaluation System (ALES) Version 4.65 User's Manual, February 1997 printing. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Department of Soil, Crop & Atmospheric Sciences. SCAS Teaching Series No. T93-2 Revision 6. 284pp.

   On-line version (1,104 Kb)

5. Rossiter, DG 1994. Lecture notes: land evaluation. August 1994. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Department of Soil, Crop & Atmospheric Sciences. SCAS Teaching Series No. T94-1. 230pp.
6. Riha, Susan J., Rossiter, DG, and Simoens, Patrick. 1994. GAPS: General-purpose Atmosphere-Plant-Soil Simulator. Version 3.0 User s Manual. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Department of Soil, Crop & Atmospheric Sciences. 195pp.

   On-line version (1.7 Mb)

7. Rossiter, DG 1993. Evaluación Automatizada de Tierras: Notas de conferencia. Maracay: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Agronomía. 38 pp.
8. Rossiter, DG 1992. Introducción a los Sistemas de Información Geográfica: Notas de conferencia. Maracay: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Agronomía. 49 pp.
9. Rossiter, DG 1991. Modern computer programming techniques for environmental simulation modelling. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Department of Soil, Crop & Atmospheric Sciences. SCAS Teaching Series No. T91-1. 24pp.
10. Forbes, TR, Rossiter, DG, and Van Wambeke, AR. 1982. Guidelines for evaluating the adequacy of soil resources inventories. SMSS Technical Monograph No. 4. Soil Management Support Service, USDA/Soil Conservation Service, Washington, DC. 50pp.

    Somewhat outdated but often cited; the approach is stil valid. It is difficult to find in hard copy so here's a scanned copy.

    On-line version (9.64 Mb)

Book Chapters

1.   Rossiter, D G. 2016. Digital soil resource inventories: Status and prospects in 2015. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-0415-5_22. In: Digital Soil Mapping across paradigms, scales and boundaries. G.-L.Zhang et al. (Eds.), Springer. ISBN: 978-981-10-0414-8 (Print) 978-981-10-0415-5 (Online). doi:10.1007/978-981-10-0415-5_22

   Preprint from Proceedings 6th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping, Nanjing, 11-14 November 2014. G.-L.Zhang, X.-D. Song et al. (Eds.) (226 Kb)

2. Rossiter, D G. 2016. Knowledge is power: where geopedologic insights are necessary for predictive digital soil mapping. In: Geopedology. J. A. Zinck, G. Metternicht, G. Bocco, & H. F. D. Valleet al. (Eds.).Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-19158-4 978-3-319-19159-1. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19159-1_13
3. Rossiter, D G. 2012. A pedometric approach to valuing the soil resource. In: Digital soil assessments and beyond. B. Minasny, B. P. Malone, & A. B. McBratney (Eds.). CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-415-62155-7 (print) 978-0-203-10610-5 (e-book). Chapter 5, pp. 25-30.

   e-book at CRC   Preprint (968 Kb)

4. Rossiter, D G. 2008. Digital Soil Mapping as a Component of Data Renewal for Areas with Sparse Soil Data Infrastructures. In: Digital Soil Mapping with Limited Data. A.E. Hartemink, A.B. McBratney, M. de L. Mendonça-Santos (editors). Springer. ISBN 978-1-4020-8591-8 (Print) 978-1-4020-8592-5 (Online). pp. 69-80.

   On-line at Springer

5. Krol, B, Rossiter, D and W Siderius. 2006. Ontology-based multi-source data integration for digital soil mapping. In: Digital Soil Mapping: An Introductory Perspective. P. Lagacherie, A.B. McBratney and M. Voltz (editors). Developments in Soil Science 31, Elsevier. ISBN 0-444-52958-6. pp. 121-135.
6. Rossiter, DG 2003 Biophysical models in land evaluation. Article 1.5.27 in Theme 1.5 Land Use and Land Cover, Verheye, W.H. (ed.), in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), developed under the auspices of the UNESCO. Oxford: EOLSS Publishers. [http://www.eolss.net].

   Preprint (236 Kb)

7. Hoogenboom, Gerrit; León Pérez, Carlos; Rossiter, David; & van Laake, Patrick. 1999. Biophysical agricultural assessment and management models for developing countries. in: Quantifying sustainable development: the future of tropical economies, Hall, Charles S., van Laake, P., Leclerc, G. (editors), Academic Press, New York, ISBN 0-12-318860-1.

Book Reviews

1. Rossiter, David G.. 2013. Research resource review: "Spatial Statistics and Geostatistics: Theory and Applications for Geographic Information Science and Technology" by Yongwan Chun and Daniel A. Griffith; SAGE (2013). Progress in Physical Geography 37(6) 859–860
   • Full text: doi: 10.1177/0309133313496689
   • Request a reprint
2. Rossiter, DG. 2011. Book review: "Manual of methods for soil and land evaluation" edited by E.A.C. Costantini et al (2009). Soil Science Society of America Journal 75(3)
   • Request a reprint
3. Rossiter, DG. 2009. Book review: "Guidelines for surveying soil and land resources (2nd ed.)" edited by McKenzie, Grundy, Webster, & Ringrose-Voase. (2008) Geoderma 148(3-4) p. 49
   • Full text: doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.11.009
   • Request a reprint
4. Rossiter, DG. 2009. Book review: "Land evaluation: towards a revised framework: Land and water discussion paper 6" by the FAO. (2007) Geoderma 148(3-4) pp. 48-49
   • Full text: doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.11.001
   • Request a reprint
5. Rossiter, DG 1994. Book review: "Multiobjective Decision Support for Environmental Management" by Ron Janssen, Kluwer Academic Publishers. Journal of Environmental Quality.

Datasets

1. Cambule, A. H. (Armindo); Rossiter, D. G. (David) 2013. Limpopo National Park (Mozambique) Soil Organic Carbon study. University of Twente. Dataset. doi: 10.4121/uuid:6cb98f84-f0de-47d4-8a2c-d6aaeaf5db08

Conferences

Note: Does not include conference papers that then were published in journals or as book chapters.

1. Rossiter, DG. 2004 Classification of urban & industrial soils in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources. EUROSOIL 2004: 2nd European Soil Science Conference; 04-12 September 2004, Freiburg im Bresgau (D)

   Presentation slides (2Mb)

2. Hennemann, G.R. and Rossiter, DG. 2004. Training needs for the next generation of soil surveyors. International Conference on Innovative Techniques in Soil Survey; 22-26 March 2004, Cha-Am, Thailand.

   Paper (517 Kb)
   Spanish translation by Ronald Vargas (210 Kb)

3. Rossiter, DG and Burghardt, Wolfgang. 2003. Classification of urban & industrial soils in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources. SUITMA 2003: 2nd International Conference of the Working Group "Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic and Mining Areas" (SUITMA) of the International Union of Soil Science (IUSS); 09-11 July 2003, Nancy (F)

   Abstract (95 Kb)

   Working document for comments (125 Kb)

4. Rossiter, DG 2002. On-line soil resource inventories: status and prospects. Proceedings of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, August 2002, Bangkok, Thailand.

   Paper from Proceedings CD-ROM (178 Kb). Note: This was re-worked into a journal article.

Half baked

1. Rossiter, DG. (unpublished, PREPRINT of 31-August-2001) Assessing the thematic accuracy of area-class soil maps, with links to download R and MATLAB functions for computing measures on confusion (error) matrices
   Note: the material in this reprint dealing with the statistics of accuracy assessment have been refined and formated as a a technical note.

Computer Programs

1. GAPS (substantial enhancements and revision, V2 1991): A general-purpose simulation of the atmosphere-soil-crop system. Interactive (including run-time graphics) and batch versions. Object-oriented crop model framework written in Turbo Pascal 5.5, 6, 7 and 9 (Delphi).

   November 1996: Conversion to a Microsoft Windows program, using Borland's Delphi 2.0 Developer for Windows 95 and the ChartFX 3.0 OCX from SoftwareFX. Implementation of inter-species plant competition, as an object hierarchy.

2. ALES (V1 1988, V2 1989, V3 1991, V4 1993, V4.5 1994, V4.6 1995) - Automated Land Evaluation System: A framework for land evaluation computer systems; a shell within which land evaluators can build their own expert systems to perform land evaluation. Includes an interface to the IDRISI GIS and xBase files, including PC-Arc/Info and ArcView maps. Written in ISO Standard M (a.k.a. MUMPS). with DataTree (later purchased by Intersystems) extensions for MS-DOS.
3. New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Information Systems: subsystems for data entry, record keeping, report generation, and query processing for Histopathology (1978), Pharmacy (1980), Radiology (1981), Necropsy (1981); electronic mail system and user access control (1983). Written in ISO Standard M (see link under ALES, above).

Peer Reviews

Peer reviewing is one of the most important activities for the collective scientific enterprise. Unfortunately reviewers usually get no time for this activity and no credit from their employer in performance reviews. Something has to change in this system. I try to do my fair share and do the ones I accept thoroughly. Obviously, I can't list the manuscripts (confidentiality), only the journal and number of reviews.

I am on the editorial board of CATENA, Geoderma, and Geoderma Regional.

• 2017: Geoderma (5); Geoderma Regional (2); Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (2); European Journal of Soil Science (1); PLoSOne (1); SOIL (1)
• 2016: Geoderma (2); Geoderma Regional (2); Environmental Modelling & Software (1); Journal of Soils and Sediments (2); Pedosphere (2); PLoSOne (1)
• 2015: Digial Soil Mapping 2014 book (Springer) (4); European Journal of Soil Science (1); Geoderma (3); Geoderma Regional (2); Science of the Total Environment (2); Pedosphere (2); Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (Romania) (1)
• 2014: CATENA (3); Geoderma (3); Geoderma Regional (4); Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (1); International Journal of Geographic Information Science (1); Journal of Maps (1), Remote Sensing of Environment (1); Soil Research (1)
• 2013: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2); CATENA (2); European Journal of Soil Science (1); Geoderma (5); Soil Use & Management (2); Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (1); Pedosphere (2)
• 2012: Geoderma (3); Soil Use & Management (1); DSM 2012 conference (2); CATENA (4); Environmental Pollution (1); International Journal of Geographic Information Science (1); Pedosphere (1); Soil Research (3); Soil Science Society of America Journal (1)
• 2011: European Journal of Soil Science (2); Computers & Geosciences (1); Geoderma (1); African Journal of Agricultural Research (1); Pedosphere (1); Environmental Modelling & Software (1); Australian Journal of Soil Research (2); International Journal of Geographic Information Science (3); Arid Land Research and Management (1)
• 2010: Int. J. Applied Earth Observation & Geoinformation (1); Earth Science Reviews (1); European Journal of Soil Science (1); CATENA (2); Pedosphere (1); Soil Science Society of America Journal (1); NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences (1)
• 2009: CATENA (3); Geoderma (4); Int. J. Applied Earth Observation & Geoinformation (2)
• 2008: CATENA (3); Geoderma (1); Soil Science Society of America Journal (1); Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (1); Soil & Tillage Research(1)
• 2007: Soil Science Society of America Journal (1); Int. J. Applied Earth Observation & Geoinformation (1); Geoderma (2); Int. J. Geographical Information Science (1); 5th International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality (ISSDQ) (5); Agricultural Systems (2); Environmental Management (1)
• 2006: Geoderma (3); Pedosphere (1); Environmental Management (1)
• 2005: CATENA (1); Geoderma (1); Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (1); Soil Use & Management (1); Agronomy for Sustainable Development (1); Int. J. Applied Earth Observation & Geoinformation (1); Environment, Development and Sustainability (1); Scientia Agricola (USP/ESALQ Brasil) (1)
• 2004: Geoderma (1); Geomorphology (1); Soil Science Society of America Journal (1); Soil & Tillage Research (1)
• 2003: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (1); Ecological Modelling (1); Environmental Modelling & Software (1); ; International Journal of Remote Sensing (1); Int. J. Applied Earth Observation & Geoinformation (1)
• 2002: Geoderma (1); International Journal of Remote Sensing (3)
• 2001: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2); Int. J. of Remote Sensing (3)
• 2000: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (1); Agricultural Systems (1)
• 1999: Int. J. Applied Earth Observation & Geoinformation (1)
• 1997: Geoderma (2)
• 1996: Geoderma (1)
• 1995: Soil Science Society of America Journal (2)
• 1994: Soil Science Society of America Journal (1)
• 1993: Soil Use & Management (2)
• 1991: Soil Use & Management (1)
• 1990: J. Environmental Quality (1)
• 1989: CATENA (1); Soil Science Society of America Journal (1); Int. J. of Geographical Information Systems (1)

Non-scientific

1. Lee, Hardy Campbell. 2008 (2nd ed.; first ed. 1977) A History of Railroads in Tompkins County. Revised and enlarged by Winton Rossiter, maps by David Rossiter. Ithaca, NY: The History Center in Tompkins County
   • Full text from eCommons@Cornell