Proximal Soil Sensing
This book reports on developments in Proximal Soil Sensing (PSS) and high resolution digital soil mapping. PSS has become a multidisciplinary area of study that aims to develop field-based techniques for collecting information on the soil from close by, o
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Progress in Soil Science
Series Editors: Alfred E. Hartemink, ISRIC – World Soil Information, Wageningen, The Netherlands Alex B. McBratney, Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, The University of Sydney, Australia Aims and Scope Progress in Soil Science series aims to publish books that contain novel approaches in soil science in its broadest sense – books should focus on true progress in a particular area of the soil science discipline. The scope of the series is to publish books that enhance the understanding of the functioning and diversity of soils in all parts of the globe. The series includes multidisciplinary approaches to soil studies and welcomes contributions of all soil science subdisciplines such as: soil genesis, geography and classification, soil chemistry, soil physics, soil biology, soil mineralogy, soil fertility and plant nutrition, soil and water conservation, pedometrics, digital soil mapping, proximal soil sensing, soils and land use change, global soil change, natural resources and the environment.
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Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel · Alex B. McBratney · Budiman Minasny Editors
Proximal Soil Sensing
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Editors Dr. Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel CSIRO Land & Water Canberra, ACT 2600 Australia [email protected] Dr. Budiman Minasny The University of Sydney Faculty Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources John Woolley Building A20 Sydney, New South Wales 2006 Australia [email protected]
Prof. Alex B. McBratney The University of Sydney Faculty Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources John Woolley Building A20 Sydney, New South Wales 2006 Australia [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-8858-1 e-ISBN 978-90-481-8859-8 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8859-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010929695 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover image courtesy Raphael Viscarra Rossel and Alex McBratney Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Proximal Soil Sensing: Looking, Touching, Feeling Proximal sensing is the oldest activity in soil science and forms the very core of our professional existence as soil scientists. The first soil scientists looked at what everybody called just soil and – even though others had seen before what they were seeing – they, for the first time, became really excited and recognised the unique character of what their eyes revealed. The soil as a natural body was born. To better understand and interpret what they were seeing, they used looking glasses to magnify th
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