Evaluation of soil fertility using infrared spectroscopy: A review

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-113

  Du, Changwen ^a   Zhou, Jianmin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Infrared spectroscopy; Multivariate calibration; Partial least square; Photo acoustic spectra; Reflectance spectra; Soil fertility; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CALIBRATION; CULTIVATION; FORECASTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; REFLECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC SPECTRUM; INFRARED: SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE CALIBRATION; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES; PHOTO ACOUSTIC SPECTRUM; PHOTO-ACOUSTICS; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECTRA'S; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67349114152     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-008-0166-x     Document Type: Review

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