Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing: Estimation of Agricultural Crop Biomass Water Equivalent

Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing: Estimation of Agricultural Crop Biomass Water Equivalent

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This book is published open access under a CC BY 3.0 IGO license. This open access book provides methods for the estimation of Biomass Water Equivalent (BEW), an essential step for improving the accuracy of area-wide soil moisture by cosmic-ray neutron sensors (CRNS). Three techniques are explained...

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Main Authors: Wahbi, Ammar (Author), Heng, Lee (Author), Dercon, Gerd (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Water.
Hydrology.
Environment.
Environmental Sciences.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Summary
  • 2. In-Situ Destructive Sampling
  • 2.1 The Concept of Representivity
  • 2.2 Plant Sampling Pattern and Design
  • 2.3 Biomass Water Equivalent
  • 2.4 Conclusions
  • 3. Remote Sensing via Satellite Imagery Analysis
  • 3.1 Photo-Reflective Properties of Plants
  • 3.2 Satellite Image Analysis
  • 3.3 Conclusions
  • 4. Estimate of Biomass Water Equivalent via the Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor
  • 4.1 The role of Biomass in the CRNS Calibration
  • 4.2 Relationship between Neutrons and Crop Biomass
  • 4.3 Dire4ct Relationship between Neutrons and Biomass
  • 4.4 Conclusions.

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