Proximal soil sensing for Precision Agriculture: Simultaneous use of electromagnetic induction and gamma radiometrics in contrasting soils

Geoderma

Volumn 243-244, Issue , 2015, Pages 183-195

  Rodrigues, F A ^a,b   Bramley, R G V ^a   Gobbett, D L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Data fusion; Digital soil mapping; Weighted principal component analysis; Within field variation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA FUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FORECASTING; MAPPING; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

APPARENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; DIGITAL SOIL MAPPINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTIONS (EMI); HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; WEIGHTED PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WITHIN-FIELD VARIATION;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; ION EXCHANGE; PEDOLOGY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84922676003     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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