Author: T. ForbesPublisher: Cornell University, Department of Agronomy
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Guidelines for Evaluating the Adequacy of Soil Resource Inventories
Author: T. ForbesPublisher: Cornell University, Department of Agronomy
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Guidelines for Evaluating the Adequacy of Soil Resource Inventories
Author: Terence Robert ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Digital Soil Mapping
Author: Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080468071
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 659
Book Description
The book compiles the main ideas and methodologies that have been proposed and tested within these last fifteen years in the field of Digital Soil Mapping (DSM). Begining with current experiences of soil information system developments in various regions of the world, this volume presents states of the art of different topics covered by DSM: Conception and handling of soil databases, sampling methods, new soil spatial covariates, Quantitative spatial modelling, Quality assessment and representation of DSM outputs. This book provides a solid support to students, researchers and engineers interested in modernising soil survey approaches with numerical techniques. It is also of great interest for potential soil data users.* A new concept to meet the worldwide demand for spatial soil data * The first compilation of ideas and methodologies of Digital Soil Mapping * Offers a variety of specialities: soil surveying, geostatistics, data mining, fuzzy logic, remote sensing techniques, Geographical Information Science,...* Written by 82 researchers from 13 different countries
Digital Soil Mapping with Limited Data
Author: Alfred E. HarteminkPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402085923
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Signi?cant technological advances have been few and far between in the past approximately one hundred years of soil survey activities. Perhaps one of the most innovative techniques in the history of soil survey was the introduction of aerial photographs as base maps for ?eld mapping, which replaced the conventional base map laboriously prepared by planetable and alidade. Such a relatively simple idea by today’s standards revolutionized soil surveys by vastly increasing the accuracy and ef?ciently. Yet, even this innovative approach did not gain universal acceptance immediately and was hampered by a lack of aerial coverage of the world, funds to cover the costs, and in some cases a reluctance by some soil mappers and cartog- phers to change. Digital Soil Mapping (DSM), which is already being used and tested by groups of dedicated and innovative pedologists, is perhaps the next great advancement in delivering soil survey information. However, like many new technologies, it too has yet to gain universal acceptance and is hampered by ignorance on the part of some pedologists and other scientists. DSM is a spatial soil information system created by numerical models that - count for the spatial and temporal variations of soil properties based on soil - formation and related environmental variables (Lagacheric and McBratney, 2007).
Soil Resource Inventories and Development Planning
Author: Soil Resource Inventories and Development Planning
Author: Soil Taxonomy News
Author: Booker Tropical Soil Manual
Author: J.R. LandonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317902084
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 847
Book Description
First published in 1991. This is a more portable version of the Booker Tropical Soil Manual, in which the format (and weight) of the first edition have been reduced whilst retaining as much as possible of the original clarity. It also includes new content and appendices that cover the revised FAO publications on soil classification and on water quality for agriculture.
IA Newsletter
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
A Handbook of Soil Terminology, Correlation and Classification
Author: Pavel KrasilnikovPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136546642
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Soil classification and terminology are fundamental issues for the clear understanding and communication of the subject. However, while there are many national soil classification systems, these do not directly correlate with each other. This leads to confusion and great difficulty in undertaking comparative scientific research that draws on more than one system and in making sense of international scientific papers using a system that is unfamiliar to the reader. This book aims to clarify this position by describing and comparing different systems and evaluating them in the context of the World Reference Base (WRB) for Soil Resources. The latter was set up to resolve these problems by creating an international 'umbrella' system for soil correlation. All soil scientists should then classify soils using the WRB as well as their national systems. The book is a definitive and essential reference work for all students studying soils as part of life, earth or environmental sciences, as well as professional soil scientists. Published with International Union of Soil Sciences