Shadow analysis: A method for measuring soil surface roughness

Geoderma

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 201-208

  Garcia Moreno R ^a   Saa Requejo, A ^a   Tarquis Alonso, A M ^a   Barrington, S ^b   Diaz M C ^a  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Micro relief; Pin meter; Ro0ughness indexes; Soil surface roughness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SOILS;

EROSION POTENTIALS; MICRO-RELIEF; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; RO0UGHNESS INDEXES; SANDY CLAY LOAM; SHADOW ANALYSIS; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CLAY LOAM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICRORELIEF; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SANDY LOAM; SOIL EROSION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TILLAGE;

EID: 48149104982     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.05.026     Document Type: Article

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