Handbook of Agricultural GeophysicsBarry Allred, Jeffrey J. Daniels, Mohammad Reza Ehsani Precision farming, site infrastructure assessment, hydrologic monitoring, and environmental investigations- these are just a few current and potential uses of near-surface geophysical methods in agriculture. Responding to the growing demand for this technology, the Handbook of Agricultural Geophysics supplies a clear, concise overview of nea |
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... agricultural geophysics” will be used predominantly. Potential agricultural applications for geophysical methods are widespread and include precision agriculture, site infrastructure assessment, hydrologic monitoring, and environmental ...
... agricultural geophysics” will be used predominantly. Potential agricultural applications for geophysical methods are widespread and include precision agriculture, site infrastructure assessment, hydrologic monitoring, and environmental ...
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... precision agriculture and mechanical harvesting for citrus. Ehsani has a Ph.D. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from the University of California, Davis. He also obtained a B.S. and M.S. in Agricultural Engineering from Tehran ...
... precision agriculture and mechanical harvesting for citrus. Ehsani has a Ph.D. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from the University of California, Davis. He also obtained a B.S. and M.S. in Agricultural Engineering from Tehran ...
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... Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA/ NRCS) soil surveys Measurement of microvariability in soil ... Precision agriculture is a growing trend combining geospatial data sets, state-of-the-art farm equipment technology ...
... Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA/ NRCS) soil surveys Measurement of microvariability in soil ... Precision agriculture is a growing trend combining geospatial data sets, state-of-the-art farm equipment technology ...
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... precision agriculture to farmers are maximized crop yields and reduced input costs. There is an important environmental benefit as well. Overapplication of agrochemicals and soil tillage is fairly common. Because precision agriculture ...
... precision agriculture to farmers are maximized crop yields and reduced input costs. There is an important environmental benefit as well. Overapplication of agrochemicals and soil tillage is fairly common. Because precision agriculture ...
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... agricultural settings. Furthermore, as the practice of precision agriculture continues to grow, there is expected to be an increasing need to input geophysical data into the GIS used to make proper management decisions in regard to ...
... agricultural settings. Furthermore, as the practice of precision agriculture continues to grow, there is expected to be an increasing need to input geophysical data into the GIS used to make proper management decisions in regard to ...
Contents
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Chapter 3 History of Ground Penetrating Radar Applications in Agriculture | 45 |
Agricultural Geophysics Measurements and Methods | 57 |
Chapter 4 Theoretical Insight on the Measurement of Soil Electrical Conductivity | 59 |
Chapter 5 Resistivity Methods | 85 |
Chapter 6 Electromagnetic Induction Methods | 109 |
Chapter 7 GroundPenetrating Radar Methods GPR | 129 |
Chapter 17 Mapping of Soil Drainage Classes Using Topographical Data and Soil Electrical Conductivity | 255 |
Applications for Dryland Agriculture and Research | 263 |
Chapter 19 FourYear Summary of the Use of Soil Conductivity as a Measure of Soil and Crop Status | 273 |
Chapter 20 Soil ECa Mapping Helps Establish Research Plots at a New Research and Extension Center | 281 |
Chapter 21 Mapping GolfCourse Features with Electromagnetic Induction with Examples from Dublin Ohio | 287 |
Chapter 22 Comparison of Geoelectrical Instruments in Different Soilscapes | 295 |
GroundPenetrating Radar Case Histories | 303 |
Chapter 23 GPR Surveys across a Prototype Surface Barrier to Determine Temporal and Spatial Variations in Soil Moisture Content | 305 |
Additional Geophysical Methods Having Potentially Significant Future Use in Agriculture | 147 |
The Global Positioning System and Geographic Information Systems | 163 |
Chapter 9 Integration of the Global Positioning System GPS into Agricultural Geophysics | 165 |
Chapter 10 Integration of Geographic Information Systems GISs with Agricultural Geophysics | 199 |
Resistivity and Electromagnetic Induction Case Histories | 209 |
Chapter 11 Apparent Electrical Conductivity for Delineating Spatial Variability in Soil Properties | 211 |
Chapter 12 Dependence of Soil Apparent Electrical Conductivity ECa upon Soil Texture and Ignition Loss at Various Depths in Two Morainic Loam... | 217 |
Chapter 13 Relations between a Commercial Soil Survey Map Based on Soil Apparent Electrical Conductivity ECa and Measured Soil Properties on a... | 225 |
Chapter 14 Mapping Pesticide Partition Coefficients By Electromagnetic Induction | 233 |
A Case Study in Three Colorado Fields | 241 |
Chapter 16 Delineating SiteSpecific Management Units Using Geospatial ECa Measurements | 247 |
Chapter 24 Soil Water Content Measurement Using the GroundPenetrating Radar Surface Reflectivity Method | 317 |
Chapter 25 Assessing Spatial and Temporal Soil Water Content Variation with GPR | 323 |
Chapter 26 GroundPenetrating Radar Mapping of NearSurface Preferential Flow | 337 |
Chapter 27 An Application of Ground Penetrating Radar in Golf Course Management | 345 |
Computer Processing and Field Survey Setup Considerations | 353 |
Chapter 29 Agricultural Drainage Pipe Detection Using Ground Penetrating Radar | 363 |
Comparing Results from Two Florida Surveys | 375 |
Glossary | 383 |
Index | 393 |
Back cover | 411 |
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