Field-scale mapping of soil carbon stock with limited sampling by coupling gamma-ray and vis-NIR spectroscopy

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 954-964

  Priori, Simone ^a   Fantappiè, Maria ^a   Bianconi, Nadia ^a   Ferrigno, Giuseppe ^a   Pellegrini, Sergio ^a   Costantini, Edoardo A C ^a  

^a Agrobiology and Pedology Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; CARBON; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; INFRARED DEVICES; LABORATORIES; MAPPING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SOILS; SPECTROMETERS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; PROXIMAL SOIL SENSING; TOPOGRAPHIC WETNESS INDEX; VIS-NIR DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE NEAR-INFRARED;

GAMMA RAYS;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MAPPING METHOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEAR INFRARED; SAMPLING; SENSOR; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TOPSOIL; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84983288605     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2016.01.0018     Document Type: Article

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