Mapping depth to argillic soil horizons using apparent electrical conductivity

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-146

  Sudduth, Kenneth A ^a   Kitchen, Newell R ^a   Myers, D Brenton ^b   Drummond, Scott T ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; CLAYPAN; CLAYPAN SOIL; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; FUNCTION MODELS; HOMOGENEOUS SOIL; INSTRUMENT RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; MISSOURIS; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; MODEL BASED APPROACH; MODEL INVERSION; MODEL SOLUTION; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SENSOR DATA; SINGLE VARIABLE; SOIL CORES; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILES; TWO-LAYER SOIL; VERTICAL DIPOLE;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; SENSORS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ARGILLITE; CALIBRATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL HORIZON; TOPSOIL;

EID: 77958539090     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG15.3.135     Document Type: Article

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