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APPENDIX: RELATED FIGURES 
  
Figure 1. Fraction (i.e., RIP/ RIP) Figure 4. sample-point allocation of Figure 5. Sample-point 
CNP I; stratification 
  
Figure 6. Sample points needed Figure 7. sample-point Figure 8. Sample-point 
of winter wheat planting areain ^ spatialsampling inthe CNP, based allocation of spatial sampling to readjust for optimized spatial readjusted allocation of spatial allocation of spatial sampling 
each pixel of 250mX250m of the on Getis Order G;stratification — inthe CNP, based on Moran's sampling in the CNP, based on sampling in the CNP, based on in the CNP, based on 
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