Performance of automated near-infrared reflectance spectrometry for continuous in situ mapping of soil fertility at field scale

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Schirrmann, M ^a   Gebbers, R ^a   Kramer, E ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b Fachhochschule Eberswalde   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SOIL PROPERTIES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION MODELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PROXIMAL SOIL SENSING; SPECTRAL INFORMATION;

CALIBRATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFLECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SOILS;

CALIBRATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INORGANIC SALT; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PH; REFLECTANCE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84887687094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0199     Document Type: Article

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