Table 8 Comparison of the accuracy of models for predicting soil heavy metal concentrations.

From: Remote sensing inversion on heavy metal content in salinized soil of Yellow River Delta based on Random Forest Regression—a case study of Gudao Town

 

Spectral information + Terrain factor

Spectral information + Terrain factor + Alteration information

RMSE

MAPE (%)

R2

RMSE

MAPE (%)

R2

Cu

3.473

15.296

0.439

3.309

11.072

0.904

Zn

6.147

10.432

0.161

5.065

8.010

0.523

Pb

10.190

32.648

0.041

9.241

17.630

0.312

Cr

13.428

15.039

0.055

17.491

15.327

0.394

Mn

43.348

9.401

0.254

36.149

8.201

0.385

As

2.832

15.514

0.270

1.180

13.134

0.674

Ni

1.751

7.053

0.290

1.451

5.811

0.545

  1. Significant values are in bold.