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Accuracies and costs of prediction and mapping soil properties using proximal sensors: A systematic review

An independent overview of performance of different proximal soil sensing technologies. It point how gamma-ray sensors are highly valuable for producing soil maps and delineating management zones at field scale. The strength of gamma-ray spectromettry lies in capturing spatial patterns, as radionuclide distributions correlate with key soil properties such as texture, soil carbon and nutrients.

2026

Which and how many soil sensors are ideal to predict key soil properties: A case study with seven sensors

A systematic comparison of proximal soil sensing technologies for high-resolution soil property prediction and mapping. Field experiments demonstrate that gamma-ray spectroscopy is one of the most effective single sensors for predicting key soil properties across heterogeneous agricultural soils, .

2024

Soil sensing and yield improvement
on marginal soils in Spain

Soil mapping provides information on the variation in physical characteristics of agricultural fields. For the
EU Life+ project ‘Crops for better soil’ we developed a soil mapping tool consisting of a MS-1200
based gamma spectrometer and GPR on a 4x4car, which was able to map large and widespread areas fast and effectively.

2013

Paper mapping agriculture in Spain.pdf

Gamma Ray Sensor for
Topsoil Mapping

Reviewed paper on the use of radiometrics as a tool for soil mapping.

2010

Gamma-ray sensor for topsoil mapping the Mole chapter 27 Egmond etal 2011.pdf

Soil parameters measured by Geophysics

Table showing the type of parameters that can be inferred from gammaray survey data

2010

Soil parameters measured by geophysical site investigation.pdf

Crops for better soil

EU project CROPS FOR BETTER SOIL Presentation (a European project in Spain where the system is applied for soil mapping).

2016

03-life10-conferencia-final-presentation-fenny_soil-physical-properties.pdf

Multi Sensor Soil Sensing Tool for Farmland in Spain 

Medusa developed an efficient and effective soil sensing system (gamma-ray and GPR) on a 4x4 car to be able to measure >100 fields, 300 ha throughout the north of Spain in 3 weeks. The sensing data was combined with open data (DEM, geology) and soil sampling results (by UPM) to acquire information about soil texture, soil organic matter, tillage layer depth, compaction, altitude, slope, nutrients. This provided a good understanding of the soils and is a powerful communication tool for farmers and agronomists. 

This paper was presented at the EAGE near surface conference in Barcelona, 2016

2016

2016 Multi Sensor Soil Sensing Tool for Farmland in Spain.pdf

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