Quantitative analysis of soil nitrogen and carbon at a farm scale using visible and near infrared spectroscopy coupled with wavelength reduction

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 410-420

  Yang, H ^a   Kuang, B ^b   Mouazen, A M ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TYPE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84861194590     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2012.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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