Estimating soil organic carbon in central iowa using aerial imagery and soil surveys

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1821-1828

  Gelder, B K ^a   Anex, R P ^b   Kaspar, T C ^c   Sauer, T J ^c   Karlen, D L ^c  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; AERIAL IMAGERY; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; AS-SOILS; BRIGHTNESS VALUES; FIELD SAMPLING; HIGH QUALITY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SAMPLE COLLECTION; SCALING FACTORS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SURROUNDING SOILS; THRESHOLDING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGRICULTURE; ESTIMATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PIXELS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL SURVEYS;

SOILS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATABASE; PIXEL; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURVEY; TILLAGE;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955193677     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0260     Document Type: Article

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