scholarly journals Online Measurement of Soil Organic Carbon as Correlated with Wheat Normalised Difference Vegetation Index in a Vertisol Field

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yücel Tekin ◽  
Yahya Ulusoy ◽  
Zeynal Tümsavaş ◽  
Abdul M. Mouazen

This study explores the potential of visible and near infrared (vis-NIR) spectroscopy for online measurement of soil organic carbon (SOC). It also attempts to explore correlations and similarities between the spatial distribution of SOC and normalized differential vegetation index (NDVI) of a wheat crop. The online measurement was carried out in a clay vertisol field covering 10 ha of area in Karacabey, Bursa, Turkey. Kappa statistics were carried out between different SOC and NDVI data to investigate potential similarities. Calibration model of SOC in full cross-validationresulted in a good accuracy (R2=0.75, root mean squares error of prediction (RMSEP) = 0.17%, and ratio of prediction deviation (RPD) = 1.81). The validation of the calibration model using laboratory spectra provided comparatively better prediction accuracy (R2=0.70, RMSEP = 0.15%, and RPD = 1.78), as compared to the online measured spectra (R2=0.60, RMSEP = 0.20%, and RPD = 1.41). Although visual similarity was clear, low similarity indicated by a low Kappa value of 0.259 was observed between the online vis-NIR predicted full-point (based on all points measured in the field, e.g., 6486 points) map of SOC and NDVI map.

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (16) ◽  
pp. 4357
Author(s):  
Hongyang Li ◽  
Shengyao Jia ◽  
Zichun Le

Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is widely used to predict soil organic carbon (SOC) because it is rapid and accurate under proper calibration. However, the prediction accuracy of the calibration model may be greatly reduced if the soil characteristics of some new target areas are different from the existing soil spectral library (SSL), which greatly limits the application potential of the technology. We attempted to solve the problem by building a large-scale SSL or using the spiking method. A total of 983 soil samples were collected from Zhejiang Province, and three SSLs were built according to geographic scope, representing the provincial, municipal, and district scales. The partial least squares (PLS) algorithm was applied to establish the calibration models based on the three SSLs, and the models were used to predict the SOC of two target areas in Zhejiang Province. The results show that the prediction accuracy of each model was relatively poor regardless of the scale of the SSL (residual predictive deviation (RPD) < 2.5). Then, the Kennard-Stone (KS) algorithm was applied to select 5 or 10 spiking samples from each target area. According to different SSLs and numbers of spiking samples, different spiked models were established by the PLS. The results show that the predictive ability of each model was improved by the spiking method, and the improvement effect was inversely proportional to the scale of the SSL. The spiked models built by combining the district scale SSL and a few spiking samples achieved good prediction of the SOC of two target areas (RPD = 2.72 and 3.13). Therefore, it is possible to accurately measure the SOC of new target areas by building a small-scale SSL with a few spiking samples.


2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (7) ◽  
pp. 712-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin Gao ◽  
Lijuan Cui ◽  
Bing Lei ◽  
Yanfang Zhai ◽  
Tiezhu Shi ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Liu ◽  
Zhou Shi ◽  
Ganlin Zhang ◽  
Yiyun Chen ◽  
Shuo Li ◽  
...  

Ancillary data, such as soil type, may improve the visible and near-infrared (vis-NIR) estimation of soil organic carbon (SOC); however, they require data collection or expert knowledge. The application of a national soil spectral library to local SOC estimations usually requires soil type information, because the relationships between vis-NIR spectra and SOC from different populations may vary. Using 515 samples of five soil types (genetic soil classification of China, GSCC) from the Chinese soil spectral library (CSSL), we compared three strategies in the vis-NIR estimation of SOC. Different regression models were calibrated using the entire dataset (Strategy I, without using soil type as ancillary data) and the subsets stratified by soil type from CSSL as ancillary data (strategies II and III). In Strategy II, the subsets were stratified by soil type from the CSSL for validation. In Strategy III, the subsets were stratified by spectrally derived soil type for validation. The results showed that 86.72% of the samples were successfully discriminated for the soil types by using the vis-NIR spectra. The coefficients of determination in the prediction ( R p 2 ) of SOC estimation by strategies I, II, and III were 0.74, 0.83, and 0.82, respectively. The stratified calibration strategies (strategies II and III) improved the vis-NIR estimation of SOC. The misclassification of the soil type in the application of Strategy III slightly affected the SOC estimations. Nevertheless, this strategy is inexpensive and beneficial when expert knowledge on soil classification is lacking. We concluded that vis-NIR spectroscopy could be applied to distinguish some soil types in terms of GSCC, which further provided essential and easily accessible ancillary data for the application of stratified calibration strategies in the vis-NIR estimation of SOC.


Geoderma ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 183-184 ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.H. Cambule ◽  
D.G. Rossiter ◽  
J.J. Stoorvogel ◽  
E.M.A. Smaling

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1197-1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Nussbaum ◽  
A. Papritz ◽  
A. Baltensweiler ◽  
L. Walthert

Abstract. Accurate estimates of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks are required to quantify carbon sources and sinks caused by land use change at national scale. This study presents a novel robust kriging method to precisely estimate regional and national mean SOC stocks, along with truthful standard errors. We used this new approach to estimate mean forest SOC stock for Switzerland and for its five main ecoregions. Using data of 1033 forest soil profiles, we modelled stocks of two compartments (0–30, 0–100 cm depth) of mineral soils. Log-normal regression models that accounted for correlation between SOC stocks and environmental covariates and residual (spatial) auto-correlation were fitted by a newly developed robust restricted maximum likelihood method, which is insensitive to outliers in the data. Precipitation, near-infrared reflectance, topographic and aggregated information of a soil and a geotechnical map were retained in the models. Both models showed weak but significant residual autocorrelation. The predictive power of the fitted models, evaluated by comparing predictions with independent data of 175 soil profiles, was moderate (robust R2 = 0.34 for SOC stock in 0–30 cm and R2 = 0.40 in 0–100 cm). Prediction standard errors (SE), validated by comparing point prediction intervals with data, proved to be conservative. Using the fitted models, we mapped forest SOC stock by robust external-drift point kriging at high resolution across Switzerland. Predicted mean stocks in 0–30 and 0–100 cm depth were equal to 7.99 kg m−2 (SE 0.15 kg m−2) and 12.58 kg m−2 (SE 0.24 kg m−2), respectively. Hence, topsoils store about 64% of SOC stocks down to 100 cm depth. Previous studies underestimated SOC stocks of topsoil slightly and those of subsoils strongly. The comparison further revealed that our estimates have substantially smaller SE than previous estimates.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayfa Zayani ◽  
Youssef Fouad ◽  
Didier Michot ◽  
Zeineb Kassouk ◽  
Zohra Lili-Chabaane ◽  
...  

&lt;p&gt;Visible-Near Infrared (Vis-NIR) spectroscopy has proven its efficiency in predicting several soil properties such as soil organic carbon (SOC) content. In this preliminary study, we explored the ability of Vis-NIR to assess the temporal evolution of SOC content. Soil samples were collected in a watershed (ORE AgrHys), located in Brittany (Western France). Two sampling campaigns were carried out 5 years apart: in 2013, 198 soil samples were collected respectively at two depths (0-15 and 15-25 cm) over an area of 1200 ha including different land use and land cover; in 2018, 111 sampling points out of 198 of 2013 were selected and soil samples were collected from the same two depths. Whole samples were analyzed for their SOC content and were scanned for their reflectance spectrum. Spectral information was acquired from samples sieved at 2 mm fraction and oven dried at 40&amp;#176;C, 24h prior to spectra acquisition, with a full range Vis-NIR spectroradiometer ASD Fieldspec&amp;#174;3. Data set of 2013 was used to calibrate the SOC content prediction model by the mean of Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR). Data set of 2018 was therefore used as test set. Our results showed that the variation &amp;#8710;SOC&lt;sub&gt;obs&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;obtained from observed values in 2013 and 2018 (&amp;#8710;SOC&lt;sub&gt;obs&lt;/sub&gt; = Observed SOC (2018) - Observed SOC (2013)) is ranging from 0.1 to 25.9 g/kg. Moreover, our results showed that the prediction performance of the calibrated model was improved by including 11 spectra of 2018 in the 2013 calibration data set (R&amp;#178;= 0.87, RMSE = 5.1 g/kg and RPD = 1.92). Furthermore, the comparison of predicted and observed &amp;#8710;SOC between 2018 and 2013 showed that 69% of the variations were of the same sign, either positive or negative. For the remaining 31%, the variations were of opposite signs but concerned mainly samples for which &amp;#8710;SOCobs is less than 1,5 g/kg. These results reveal that Vis-NIR spectroscopy was potentially appropriate to detect variations of SOC content and are encouraging to further explore Vis-NIR spectroscopy to detect changes in soil carbon stocks.&lt;/p&gt;


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