Digital soil mapping of available water content using proximal and remotely sensed data

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-151

  Gooley, L ^a   Huang, J ^a   Page D ^a   Triantafilis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Soil mapping; Soil use and management; Soil variability; Soil water balance; Soil water storage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIELD CAPACITY; IRRIGATION; MAPPING; PREDICTION; PROFITABILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WILTING;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE VALLEY; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES; TRANGIE; WARREN [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84900590881     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sum.12094     Document Type: Article

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