Laboratory evaluation of a proximal sensing technique for simultaneous measurement of soil clay and water content

Geoderma

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-39

  Viscarra Rossel, R A ^a   McBratney, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Precision agriculture; Proximal sensing; Site specific management; Soil sensors; Spatial and temporal variation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLAY CONTENT; NONLINEAR MODELING; RESPONSE-SURFACE METHOD; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0031865370     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(98)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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