Influence of the number of samples on prediction error of visible and near infrared spectroscopy of selected soil properties at the farm scale

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 421-429

  Kuang, B ^a   Mouazen, A M ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; FARM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MODEL VALIDATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE; SOIL PROFILE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861197080     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2012.01456.x     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Brown, D.J., Shepherd, K.D., Walsh, M.G., Mays, M.D. & Reinsch, T.G. 2006. Global soil characterization with VNIR diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Geoderma, 132, 273-290.
2. Brunet, D., Barthès, B.G., Chotte, J.L. & Feller, C. 2007. Determination of carbon and nitrogen contents in Alfisols, Oxisols and Ultisols from Africa and Brazil using NIRS analysis: effects of sample grinding and set heterogeneity. Geoderma, 139, 106-117.
3. Dalal, R.C. & Henry, R.J. 1986. Simultaneous determination of moisture, organic carbon, and total nitrogen by near infrared reflectance spectrophotometry. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 50, 120-123.
4. Guerrero, C., Zornoza, R., Gómez, I. & Mataix-Beneyto, J. 2010. Spiking of NIR regional models using samples from target sites: effect of model size on prediction accuracy. Geoderma, 158, 66-77.
5. Janik, L.J., Skjemstad, J.O., Shepherd, K.D. & Spouncer, L.R. 2007. The prediction of soil carbon fractions using mid-infrared-partial least squares analysis. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 45, 73-81.
6. Kuang, B. & Mouazen, A.M. 2011. Calibration of a visible and near infrared spectroscopy for soil analysis at field scales across three European farms. European Journal of Soil Sciences, 62, 629-636.
7. Martens, H. & Naes, T. 1989. Multivariate Calibration, 2nd edn. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester.
8. Moron, A. & Cozzolino, D. 2002. Application of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy for the analysis of organic C, total N and pH in soils of Uruguay. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, 10, 215-221.
9. Mouazen, A.M., De Baerdemaeker, J. & Ramon, H. 2005. Towards development of on-line soil moisture content sensor using a fibre-type NIR spectrophotometer. Soil & Tillage Research, 80, 171-183.
10. Mouazen, A.M., Maleki, M.R., Cockx, L., Van Meirvenne, M., Van Holm, L.H.J., Merckx, R. et al. 2009. Optimum three-point link set up for optimal quality of soil spectra collected during on-line measurement. Soil & Tillage Research, 103, 144-152.
11. Mouazen, A.M., Kuang, B., De Baerdemaeker, J. & Ramon, H. 2010. Comparison between principal component, partial least squares and artificial neural network analyses for accuracy of measurement of selected soil properties with visible and near infrared spectroscopy. Geoderma, 158, 23-31.
12. Shepherd, K.D. & Walsh, M.G. 2002. Development of reflectance spectral libraries for characterization of soil properties. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 66, 988-998.
13. Slaughter, D.C., Pelletier, M.G. & Upadhyaya, S.K. 2001. Sensing soil moisture using NIR spectroscopy. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 17, 241-247.
14. Srinivasan, A. 2006. Handbook of Precision Agriculture: Principles and Applications. The Haworth Press, Oxford.
15. Stenberg, B., Viscarra Rossel, R.A., Mouazen, A.M. & Wetterlind, J. 2010. Visible and near infrared spectroscopy in soil science. Advances in Agronomy, 107, 163-215.
16. Viscarra Rossel, R.A. & McBratney, A.B. 1998. Laboratory evaluation of a proximal sensing technique for simultaneous measurement of soil clay and water content. Geoderma, 85, 19-39.
17. Viscarra Rossel, R.A., Jeon, Y.S., Odeh, I.O.A. & McBratney, A.B. 2008. Using a legacy soil sample to develop a mid-IR spectral library. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 46, 1-16.
18. Wetterlind, J., Stenberg, B. & Söderström, M. 2008. The use of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to improve soil mapping at the farm scale. Precision Agriculture, 9, 57-69.