Visible and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Tool for Soil Classification and Soil Profile Description

Guillaume Debaene, Piotr Bartmiński, Jacek Niedźwiecki, Tomasz Miturski

Abstract


This paper presents preliminary results of the use of visible and near-infrared (VIS -NIR) spectroscopy for soil classification and soil profile examination. Three experiments involving (1) three different soil types (Albic Luvisol, Gleyic Phaeozem, Brunic Arenosol), (2) three artificial micro-plots with similar texture (loamy sand, Gleyic Phaeozem) but different soil organic carbon (SOC) content and (3) a soil profile (Fluvisol) have been investigated using VIS -NIR spectroscopy. Results indicated that VIS -NIR is a promising technique for preliminary soil description and can classify soils according to soil properties (especially SOC ) and horizons. Instead of complex chemical and physical analyses involved in routine soil profile classification, VIS-NIR spectroscopy is suggested as a useful, rapid, and inexpensive tool for soil profile investigation.


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VIS -NIR spectroscopy, soil remote sensing, spectral properties

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/pjss.2017.50.1.1
Date of publication: 2017-08-30 11:16:04
Date of submission: 2017-03-15 14:38:02


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