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DOI 10.3390/agriculture13081611
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Title (Primary) On-the-go Vis-NIR spectroscopy for field-scale spatial-temporal monitoring of soil organic carbon
Author Reyes, J.; Ließ, M.
Source Titel Agriculture-Basel
Year 2023
Department BOSYS
Volume 13
Issue 8
Page From art. 1611
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords soil organic carbon; Vis-NIR spectroscopy; monitoring; pedometrics
Abstract Agricultural soils serve as crucial storage sites for soil organic carbon (SOC). Their appropriate management is pivotal for mitigating climate change. Continuous monitoring is imperative to evaluate spatial and temporal changes in SOC within agricultural fields. In-field datasets of Vis-NIR soil spectra were collected on a long-term experimental site using an on-the-go spectrophotometer. Data processing for continuous SOC prediction involves a two-step modeling approach. In Step 1, a partial least square (PLSR) regression model is trained to establish a relationship between the SOC content and spectral information, including spectral preprocessing. In Step 2, the predicted SOC content obtained from the PLSR models is interpolated using ordinary kriging. Among the tested spectral preprocessing techniques and semivariogram models, Savitzky–Golay and the Gap-Segment derivative preprocessing along with a Gaussian semivariogram model, yielded the best performance resulting in a root mean square error of 1.24 and 1.26 g kg−1. A striping effect due to the transect-based data collection was addressed by testing the effectiveness of extending the spatial separation distance, employing data aggregation, and defining the distribution based on treatment plots using block kriging. Overall, the results highlight the high potential of on-the-go spectral Vis-NIR data for field-scale spatial-temporal monitoring of SOC.
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Reyes, J., Ließ, M. (2023):
On-the-go Vis-NIR spectroscopy for field-scale spatial-temporal monitoring of soil organic carbon
Agriculture-Basel 13 (8), art. 1611 10.3390/agriculture13081611