A Multisite Evaluation of Stratified and Balanced Sampling for Estimating Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in Agricultural Fields

Eric Potash Potash1, Kaiyu Guan2, Andrew J. Margenot3, DoKyoung Lee4, Arvid Boe5, Michael Douglass3, Emily Heaton1, Chunhwa Jang6, Nictor Namoi7, Nan Li1, Robert Mitchell8, Sheng Wang9 and Colleen Zumpf10, (1)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States, (2)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Urbana, United States, (3)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation; Department of Crop Sciences, Urbana, United States, (5)South Dakota State University, Brookings, United States, (6)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, (7)University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Center for Advanced Bioenergy & Bioproducts Innovation; Department of Crop Sciences, Urbana, United States, (8)USDA ARS, Pendleton, United States, (9)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, Urbana, IL, United States, (10)Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, United States