Brigham Young University
Ruth Kerry, Associate Lecturer

Department: Geography

 

 Education

 
  • PhD, University of Reading, 2004
  • MSc, University of Reading, 1997
  • BA/MA, University of Oxford, 1995
 

 Professional Affiliations

 
  • International Association of Mathematical Geologists
  • Association of American Geographers
  • Royal Geographical Society
  • Soil Science Society of America
  • British Society of Soil Science


Email: ruth_kerry@byu.edu
Office: 690 SWKT
 

 Selected Publications

 
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
 
Kerry, R., Goovaerts, P., Rawlins, B. G. & Marchant, B. P. 2012. Disaggregation of legacy soil data using area to point 
      kriging for mapping soil organic carbon at the regional scale. Geoderma, 170:347-358.
 
Kerry, R. & Oliver, M. A. 2011 Soil Geomorphology: Identifying Links between Processes and the Scale of Spatial
      Variation using the Variogram. Geomorphology, 130:40-54.
 
Kerry, R., Goovaerts, P., Ceccato, V. & Haining, R. P. 2010. Geostatistical Analysis of Car Theft and Robbery in the
      Baltic States. Geographical Analysis. 42:1, 53-77.
 
Haining, R. P., Kerry, R & Oliver, M. A. 2010. Geography, Spatial Data Analysis and Geostatistics: An Overview.
      Geographical Analysis. 42:1, 7-31.
 
Kerry, R, Rawlins, B. G., Oliver, M. A. & Lacinska, A. M. 2009. Problems with determining the particle size distribution of
      chalk soil and some of their implications, Geoderma. 152:324-337.
 
Kerry, R. & Oliver, M. A. 2008. Determining nugget:sill ratios of standardized variograms from aerial photographs to
      krige sparse soil data. Precision Agriculture 9, 33–56.
 
Kerry, R. & Oliver, M.A. 2007. Determining the Effect of Skewed Data on the Variogram. I. Underlying Asymmetry.
      Computers & Geosciences. 33:10, 1212-1232.  
 
Kerry, R. & Oliver, M.A. 2007. Determining the Effect of Skewed Data on the Variogram. II. Outliers. Computers &
      Geosciences. 33:10, 1233-1260. 
 
Kerry, R. & Oliver, M. A. 2007. Sampling requirements for variograms of soil properties computed by the method of
      moments and residual maximum likelihood. Geoderma 140:4, 383-396.
 
Kerry, R. & Oliver, M. A. 2007. Mapping Soil Structure using Ranked Observations and Indicator Kriging. Geoderma 140:4,
      397-416.
 
Kerry, R. & Oliver, M.A. 2004. Average variograms to guide soil sampling for land management. The International
      Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 5, 307-325.
 
Kerry, R. & Oliver, M.A. 2003. Variograms of ancillary data to aid sampling for soil surveys. Precision Agriculture, 4, 261-278.
 
 
Edited Volumes
 
Kerry, R., Haining, R. P. and Oliver, M. A. Guest Editors 2010. Special Issue: Geostatistical Methods in
      Geography:Applications in Human Geography. Geographical Analysis. 42:1.
 
Kerry, R., Oliver, M. A. and Haining, R. P. Guest Editors 2010. Special Issue: Geostatistical Methods in
      Geography: Applications in Physical Geography. Geographical Analysis. 42:2.
 
Kerry, R. Guest Editor. 2008. Special Issue on Spatial Variation in Precision Agriculture. Precision
      Agriculture. Volume 9.
 
 
Peer-reviewed Book Chapters
 
Kerry, R., Oliver, M. A. & Frogbrook, Z. L. 2010. Sampling I. In: M.A. Oliver (ed.) Geostatistical
      Applications for Precision Agriculture. Springer. pp. 35-64.
 
Goovaerts, P.  & Kerry, R. 2010. Use of ancillary data in precision agriculture. In: M.A. Oliver (ed.)
      Geostatistical Applications for Precision Agriculture. Springer. pp. 167-194.