Handbook of Agricultural Geophysics

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Barry Allred, Jeffrey J. Daniels, Mohammad Reza Ehsani
CRC Press, Jun 10, 2008 - Science - 432 pages
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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Contents

Chapter 1 General Considerations for Geophysical Methods Applied to Agriculture
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Chapter 2 Past Present and Future Trends of Soil Electrical Conductivity Measurement Using Geophysical Methods
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Chapter 3 History of Ground Penetrating Radar Applications in Agriculture
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Agricultural Geophysics Measurements and Methods
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Chapter 4 Theoretical Insight on the Measurement of Soil Electrical Conductivity
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Chapter 5 Resistivity Methods
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Chapter 6 Electromagnetic Induction Methods
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Chapter 7 GroundPenetrating Radar Methods GPR
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Chapter 17 Mapping of Soil Drainage Classes Using Topographical Data and Soil Electrical Conductivity
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Applications for Dryland Agriculture and Research
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Chapter 19 FourYear Summary of the Use of Soil Conductivity as a Measure of Soil and Crop Status
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Chapter 20 Soil ECa Mapping Helps Establish Research Plots at a New Research and Extension Center
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Chapter 21 Mapping GolfCourse Features with Electromagnetic Induction with Examples from Dublin Ohio
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Chapter 22 Comparison of Geoelectrical Instruments in Different Soilscapes
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GroundPenetrating Radar Case Histories
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Chapter 23 GPR Surveys across a Prototype Surface Barrier to Determine Temporal and Spatial Variations in Soil Moisture Content
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Additional Geophysical Methods Having Potentially Significant Future Use in Agriculture
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The Global Positioning System and Geographic Information Systems
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Chapter 9 Integration of the Global Positioning System GPS into Agricultural Geophysics
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Chapter 10 Integration of Geographic Information Systems GISs with Agricultural Geophysics
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Resistivity and Electromagnetic Induction Case Histories
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Chapter 11 Apparent Electrical Conductivity for Delineating Spatial Variability in Soil Properties
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Chapter 12 Dependence of Soil Apparent Electrical Conductivity ECa upon Soil Texture and Ignition Loss at Various Depths in Two Morainic Loam...
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Chapter 13 Relations between a Commercial Soil Survey Map Based on Soil Apparent Electrical Conductivity ECa and Measured Soil Properties on a...
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Chapter 14 Mapping Pesticide Partition Coefficients By Electromagnetic Induction
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A Case Study in Three Colorado Fields
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Chapter 16 Delineating SiteSpecific Management Units Using Geospatial ECa Measurements
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Chapter 24 Soil Water Content Measurement Using the GroundPenetrating Radar Surface Reflectivity Method
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Chapter 25 Assessing Spatial and Temporal Soil Water Content Variation with GPR
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Chapter 26 GroundPenetrating Radar Mapping of NearSurface Preferential Flow
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Chapter 27 An Application of Ground Penetrating Radar in Golf Course Management
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Computer Processing and Field Survey Setup Considerations
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Chapter 29 Agricultural Drainage Pipe Detection Using Ground Penetrating Radar
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Comparing Results from Two Florida Surveys
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Glossary
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Index
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Back cover
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