Comparison of the EM38 and EM38-MK2 electromagnetic induction-based sensors for spatial soil analysis at field scale

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 267-280

  Heil, K ^a   Schmidhalter, U ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Geonics; Kriging; Quaternary sediments; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INTERPOLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEONICS; KRIGING; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; SOIL TEXTURES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CLAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FIELD SURVEY; KRIGING; SALINE SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84937117797     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.11.014     Document Type: Article

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