Interpretation of electrical conductivity patterns by soil properties and geological maps for precision agriculture

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 490-507

  Kühn, Jürgen ^a,b   Brenning, Alexander ^c   Wehrhan, Marc ^a   Koszinski, Sylvia ^a   Sommer, Michael ^a,d  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b University of Waterloo ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital terrain analysis; Geological maps; Kriging; Soil apparent electrical conductivity; Soil carbonates; Soil organic matter; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876733020     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-008-9103-z     Document Type: Article

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