Evaluation of soil structural quality using VIS-NIR spectra

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 146, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 108-117

  Askari, Mohammad Sadegh ^a   Cui, Junfang ^a,b   O'Rourke, Sharon M ^a,c   Holden, Nicholas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arable; Grassland; Physical properties; Soil quality; Spectroscopy; VESS

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURE; FORECASTING; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INFRARED DEVICES; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

AGGREGATE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ARABLE; GRASSLAND; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES REGRESSION; PHYSICAL SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS; VESS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AGGREGATE SIZE; BIOCHEMISTRY; GRASSLAND; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE;

IRELAND;

EID: 84911378838     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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